Rio Mesa is 0-7 against Dos Pueblos since November of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The Rio Mesa Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Dos Pueblos Chargers at 6:30 p.m. Rio Mesa will be strutting in after a win while Dos Pueblos will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Rio Mesa sidestepped Buena for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Rio Mesa was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-97), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 16-25, 15-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Dos Pueblos was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Santa Barbara.
Dos Pueblos actually scored more points across those four sets (93-89), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 25-23.
Rio Mesa's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-10. As for Dos Pueblos, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5.
Rio Mesa suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Dos Pueblos when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Rio Mesa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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