The Rough Rock Sun Devils will square off against the Grand Canyon Phantoms at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rough Rock is looking for their season's first win.
Last Tuesday, Rough Rock came up short against Shonto Prep and fell 3-1.
Meanwhile, Grand Canyon came up short against Ash Fork on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Phantoms haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Grand Canyon was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-22, 25-17.
Even though they lost, Grand Canyon 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 15 consecutive contests.
Rough Rock's defeat dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Grand Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 15-13.
Rough Rock might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Grand Canyon in their previous matchup back in September. Can Rough Rock avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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