Valley has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Taos Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Valley is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Sandia just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Matadors. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Matadors: they've now lost four in a row.
Valley was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Sandia work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-17, 16-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Taos faced off against Capital on Tuesday. Taos fell just short of Capital by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Taos sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 19-25, 16-14.
Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5. As for Taos, they dropped their record down to 5-6 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Valley took their victory against Taos in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Valley repeat their success, or does Taos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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