Salida entered their contest against The Vanguard School on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Salida Spartans fell just short of The Vanguard School Coursers by a score of 3-2. The Spartans have struggled against the Coursers recently, as their game on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Salida sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-18, 16-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-12.
Despite the loss, Salida still got an impressive performance from Delia Dimino, who had 15 digs.
Even though they lost, Salida 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 eight consecutive matches.
The Vanguard School was led to victory by Aili Haisley and Ainsley Anderson. Haisley had 23 digs, while Anderson had seven digs and 22 assists. Haisley is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Salida's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. As for The Vanguard School, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Salida will face off against La Junta at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Salida is facing La Junta at the right time seeing as La Junta is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for The Vanguard School, they will square off against Lamar at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Vanguard School will stroll in with a ten game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their the 12th matchup with Lamar.
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