Cibola waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a set and slipped past the Los Lunas Tigers 3-2. This was payback for the Cougars, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Cibola was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 24-26, 19-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Sofia Jurado went supernova for Cibola, getting 38 digs. Jurado is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Baleigh Hines, who had 13 digs.
Despite the loss, Los Lunas still got an impressive performance from Addison Cordova-Wolfe, who had 12 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Cordova-Wolfe a new career-high in aces.
Cibola's win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-4. As for Los Lunas, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5.
Cibola has already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Cleveland on the 8th. As for Los Lunas, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Atrisco Heritage Academy on the 8th.
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