The Pueblo South Colts will venture away from home to challenge the Canon City Tigers 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'.
Pueblo South is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Discovery Canyon, who was ranked 16th at the time (Pueblo South was ranked 17th). The Colts fell just short of the Thunder by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. The Colts haven't had much luck with the Thunder recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 24-26, 24-26, 26-24, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Canon City lost 3-0 to Pueblo South on Friday.
Canon City may have fallen short, but they were sure consistent: they scored 18 points in every single set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-18.
Canon City now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Pueblo South, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Pueblo South has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Canon City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.4 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Pueblo South's way against Canon City in their previous meeting on Friday, as Pueblo South made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Colts since the squad 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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