Cherry Creek has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to face off against the Cherokee Trail Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Cherry Creek earned a 3-1 victory over Mullen.
Cherry Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-15, 25-13, 25-22.
Aubrey Blake went supernova for Cherry Creek, getting 22 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Blake has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Trail entered their tilt with Arapahoe on Tuesday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Cherokee Trail never let Arapahoe on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-12, 25-22.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cherokee Trail to victory, but perhaps none more so than Avery Krause, who had four digs and 29 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Alize Flores, who had six digs and two aces.
Cherry Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Cherokee Trail, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Cherry Creek has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Cherokee Trail struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cherry Creek might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Cherokee Trail in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Cherry Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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