Sandia and Eldorado are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Sandia Matadors will host the Eldorado Golden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sandia will be strutting in after a win while Eldorado will be coming in after a defeat.
If Manzano wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Sandia, they should've done a better job of containing Jayla Lacey. Sandia came out on top against Manzano by a score of 3-1 on Thursday thanks in part to Lacey, who had 13 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Sandia had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-11, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Eldorado lost 3-0 to Santa Fe on Thursday. The Golden Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Eldorado was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Santa Fe's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-17, 25-19.
Sandia is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-12 record this season. As for Eldorado, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Sandia beat Eldorado 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October. Does Sandia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eldorado turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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