After both having extra time off, the Rancho Rams and the Legacy Longhorns will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Rancho is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Chaparral, who was ranked 14th at the time (Rancho was ranked 12th). Rancho fell just short of Chaparral by a score of 3-2 last Thursday. The match marked the Rams' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Rancho started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Legacy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Mojave 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Longhorns.
Legacy wouldn't go down easily and took Mojave into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-27, 15-9.
Having lost for the first time this season, Rancho fell to 4-1. As for Legacy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.
Rancho took their win against Legacy in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rancho since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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