Evanston and Rock Springs are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. The Evanston Devils will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Rock Springs TIGERS at 1:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Evanston is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Green River, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Evanston was ranked seventh). Evanston fell just short of Green River by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Devils' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Evanston wouldn't go down easily and took Green River into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 27-29, 15-10.
Despite the loss, Evanston had strong showings from Brinley Hanks, who had nine digs, and Kyan Lawlar, who had 23 kills, 17 digs, and four aces. Lawlar is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had eight or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Evanston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Rock Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Riverton.
Rock Springs was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-10, 25-23.
Evanston's loss dropped their record down to 20-10. As for Rock Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
Evanston might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Rock Springs when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Evanston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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