Denver South has been on the road for four straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. After both having extra time off, they and the Ponderosa Mustangs will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 12:00 p.m.
Denver South is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Mountain Vista, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Denver South was ranked 15th). Denver South fell 3-1 to Mountain Vista on Saturday.
Denver South started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Ponderosa had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Raptors 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Ponderosa got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-12, 15-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-10.
Among those leading the charge was Laney Padilla, who had eight digs and three aces.
Ponderosa pushed their record up to 9-13 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Denver South, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-3.
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