Volleyball Preview: Basalt Longhorns vs. North Fork Miners
The Basalt Longhorns will play host again on Thursday to welcome the North Fork Miners, where is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
North Fork is facing Basalt at the wrong time: Basalt suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bruins.
After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-20, 22-25, 25-17.
Even though they lost, Basalt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, North Fork didn't have quite enough to beat Caprock Academy on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
North Fork took Caprock Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-14, 17-25, 25-18, 22-20.
Basalt's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for North Fork, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-6 record this season.
Everything went Basalt's way against North Fork when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Basalt made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Basalt repeat their success, or does North Fork have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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