Lordsburg is 1-9 against Mesilla Valley Christian School since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lordsburg Mavericks will face off against the Mesilla Valley Christian School SonBlazers at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Lordsburg will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Cloudcroft, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Everything went Lordsburg's way against Cloudcroft on Saturday as Lordsburg made off with a 3-0 win.
Lordsburg walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-14, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Mesilla Valley Christian School made easy work of Mescalero Apache on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mesilla Valley Christian School was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-8, 25-11.
Mesilla Valley Christian School found their leader in underclassman Julia Black, who had six digs and six aces. Those six aces set a new season-high mark for Black.
Mesilla Valley Christian School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Lordsburg's record now sits at 9-5. As for Mesilla Valley Christian School, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Lordsburg might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Mesilla Valley Christian School in their previous meeting back in August. Can Lordsburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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