De Beque is 1-9 against Vail Mountain since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The De Beque Dragons will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers, where the match is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. De Beque will be strutting in after a victory while Vail Mountain will be coming in after a loss.
De Beque will bounce into Wednesday's matchup after beating Vail Christian, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. De Beque narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Vail Christian 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-100) De Beque actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 12-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Vail Mountain came up short against West Grand on Friday and fell 3-1. The Gore Rangers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Vail Mountain started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-23.
Even though they lost, Vail Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Grand only served five.
De Beque pushed their record up to 7-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Vail Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Everything went De Beque's way against Vail Mountain in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as De Beque made off with a 3-0 win. Will De Beque repeat their success, or does Vail Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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