The Bear Creek Bears will head out to take on the Littleton Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Bear Creek narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Denver North 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Bear Creek took Denver North into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The final score came out to 25-20, 20-25, 22-25, 25-17, 15-5.
Bear Creek got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Hannah Anderson out in front who had 13 digs, three kills, and 38 assists. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Anderson now posted 21 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylin Minter, who had 22 digs.
Bear Creek 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 four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Littleton waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Patriots with a sharp 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lions have posted against the Patriots since September 10, 2016.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-11, 25-21.
Littleton found their leader in underclassman Addy Giles, who had 12 digs and two aces. Those 12 digs set a new season-high mark for her.
Bear Creek's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Littleton, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Bear Creek has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Littleton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bear Creek beat Littleton 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. Will Bear Creek repeat their success, or does Littleton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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