The Cedar Reds will take on the Hurricane Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Cedar is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Canyon View just ended the team's three-match winning streak last Wednesday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 3-2.
Cedar actually scored more points across those five sets (109-107), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 25-23, 19-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Hurricane had no trouble coming through when it counted. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Tooele on Thursday.
One reason for the win was Hurricane's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-12, 25-11.
Cedar better focus on containing Eliza Watts and Arianna Hoffman as the pair were huge in Hurricane's win. Watts had five digs and three aces, while Hoffman had 19 digs and two assists. That's the most aces Watts has posted since back in August.
Hurricane is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 15-13 record this season. As for Cedar, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-14.
Cedar might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Hurricane when the teams last played back in September. Can the Reds avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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