The Pueblo West Cyclones will challenge the Pine Creek Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pueblo West is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, everything went Pueblo West's way against Doherty as Pueblo West made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Pueblo West's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-10, 25-9.
Pueblo West can attribute much of their success to Bricelyn Baudino, who had ten digs and two aces, and Joie Johnson, who had five digs and 14 assists. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Johnson now posted eight or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Pueblo West was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Pine Creek was able to grind out a solid win over Rampart on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Pine Creek was staring down a 1-1 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 22-25, 25-22, 25-16.
Pueblo West's record is now 8-1. As for Pine Creek, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Pueblo West came up short against Pine Creek in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Pueblo West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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