The Basalt Longhorns's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Pueblo West Cyclones at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Basalt finally turned things around against Grand Valley on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Cardinals out 3-2.
Basalt wouldn't go down easily and took Grand Valley into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 16-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Pueblo West waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Lancers.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-20, 25-7.
Pueblo West got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Bricelyn Baudino out in front who had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Baudino has posted since back in October.
Pueblo West was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive games.
Basalt's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-12. As for Pueblo West, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.
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