After both having extra time off, the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans and the Sunrise Mountain Miners will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cimarron-Memorial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Bishop Gorman, who was ranked 21st at the time (Cimarron-Memorial was ranked 18th). The Spartans took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gaels on Tuesday. The Spartans have struggled against the Gaels recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Cimarron-Memorial 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 17-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Sunrise Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Mojave, falling 3-0.
Sunrise Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 14-14. As for Cimarron-Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 20-18.
Cimarron-Memorial was able to grind out a solid victory over Sunrise Mountain when the teams last played back in March, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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