The Cyprus Pirates and the Granger Lancers are set to duel on Thursday. Cyprus is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Cyprus will bounce into Thursday's match after beating West Jordan, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Cyprus narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past West Jordan 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-106) Cyprus actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 17-25, 16-14.
Cyprus' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addison Leon led the charge by getting 15 digs.
Meanwhile, Granger was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Kearns.
Granger was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-23, 25-21.
Cyprus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season. As for Granger, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-19.
Everything went Cyprus' way against Granger in their previous matchup back in September, as Cyprus made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cyprus since the squad 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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