Santa Teresa is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will head out on the road to square off against the Silver Fighting Colts at 6:00 p.m.
Santa Teresa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Goddard, who was ranked ninth at the time (Santa Teresa was ranked 22nd). The Desert Warriors came up short against the Rockets on Saturday, falling 3-0. The Desert Warriors' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
While Santa Teresa was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the third set. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-9, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Silver got the win against Hot Springs on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The Fighting Colts have beaten the Tigers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Tigers has come to flipping the script.
Silver's got stronger as the match went on, holding Hot Springs to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-17, 25-14.
Silver's win bumped their record up to 13-3. As for Santa Teresa, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-5.
Santa Teresa came out on top in a nail-biter against Silver in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Desert Warriors repeat their success, or do the Fighting Colts have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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