La Cueva has gone 10-0 against Manzano recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The La Cueva Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Manzano Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. La Cueva is looking to tack on another W to their 12-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
La Cueva is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Los Lunas, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (La Cueva was ranked third). Everything went La Cueva's way against Los Lunas on Saturday as La Cueva made off with a 3-0 win.
La Cueva was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-22, 25-22.
La Cueva got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Embrey Eisele out in front who had nine digs.
La Cueva was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in nine consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Manzano got the win against Capital on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
Manzano's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Capital to exactly 17 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-17.
La Cueva is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Manzano, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
Everything went La Cueva's way against Manzano in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, as La Cueva made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Cueva 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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