The Mountain Range Mustangs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Thornton Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mountain Range lost 3-0 to Riverdale Ridge on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-13, 25-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Thornton's way against Gateway on Tuesday as Thornton made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-20, 25-11.
Thornton relied on the efforts of Emely Garcia, who had a block and 12 assists, and Ali Blucher, who had six aces and two kills. The dominant performance gave Blucher a new career-high in aces.
Thornton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive contests.
Mountain Range has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-12 record this season. As for Thornton, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season.
Everything went Mountain Range's way against Thornton when the teams last played back in August of 2021, as Mountain Range made off with a 3-0 win. Will Mountain Range repeat their success, or does Thornton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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