The Cherry Creek Bruins will take on the Rock Canyon Jaguars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cherry Creek is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Cherry Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Cherokee Trail, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Cherry Creek was ranked 19th). Cherry Creek put the hurt on Cherokee Trail with a sharp 3-0 win on Thursday.
The match was exciting from start to finish, as two sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 26-24, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Rock Canyon entered their match against Legend on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Rock Canyon fell just short of Legend by a score of 3-2. The Jaguars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rock Canyon took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 13-25, 22-25, 25-12, 15-11.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Elena Paz, who had ten digs.
Cherry Creek is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Rock Canyon, their loss ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Cherry Creek has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Rock Canyon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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