Sierra Vista hasn't had much luck against Palo Verde recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Mountain Lions will face off against the Panthers at 6:00 p.m.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked fourth at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked 12th). The Mountain Lions took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs on Thursday. The Mountain Lions' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Sierra Vista lost were decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 25-22, 17-25, 29-27, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Skyhawks with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Palo Verde took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-14, 25-15.
Sierra Vista's defeat dropped their record down to 18-16. As for Palo Verde, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-8.
Sierra Vista came up short against Palo Verde in their previous meeting back in March, falling 2-0. Can the Mountain Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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