After both having extra time off, the Red Mesa Redskins and the Monument Valley Cougars will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. Red Mesa is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Monday, Red Mesa didn't have quite enough to beat Whitehorse and fell 3-2.
Red Mesa wouldn't go down easily and took Whitehorse into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-16, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Monument Valley made easy work of Pinon on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
A big factor in the win was Monument Valley's feisty defense: they held Pinon to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-16, 25-14.
Kaylisa Tome and Shilah Williams were among the main playmakers for Monument Valley as the former had five aces and 15 assists and the latter had seven digs. Tome has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more assists the last six times she's played.
Monument Valley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.5% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was was before the start of last season.
Red Mesa's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Monument Valley, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-5.
Red Mesa suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Monument Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Red Mesa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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