The Cortez Colts will venture away from home to challenge the Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cortez will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Tempe, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Cortez was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Tempe on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colts.
Meanwhile, Desert Sunrise came tearing into Monday's match with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Demons 3-0.
While Desert Sunrise won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-23, 25-21.
Desert Sunrise 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 ten aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Cortez's win bumped their record up to 6-12. As for Desert Sunrise, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Cortez came up short against Desert Sunrise in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Cortez avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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