On Thursday, La Cueva faced Santa Fe in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the La Cueva Bears' way against the Santa Fe Demons as the La Cueva Bears made off with a 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Bears, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
La Cueva's got stronger as the match went on, holding Santa Fe to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-17, 25-13.
La Cueva had a senior duo take command as Chloe Chafins had 13 digs and three aces and Riley Johnson had six digs. That's the most aces Chafins has posted in her last six contests.
La Cueva 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 five aces in eight consecutive games.
La Cueva has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Santa Fe, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-2.
La Cueva has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Los Lunas on the 19th. As for Santa Fe, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 defeat against Albuquerque on the 19th.
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