The Pima Roughriders will venture away from home to challenge the St. David Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, Pima got the win against Leading Edge Academy - GEC by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Roughriders.
A big factor in the win was Pima's feisty defense: they held Leading Edge Academy - GEC to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-12, 25-11.
Meanwhile, St. David made easy work of Bisbee on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
St. David never let Bisbee on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-22, 25-14.
St. David 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 six consecutive games.
Pima pushed their record up to 6-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for St. David, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season.
Pima took their win against St. David in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pima since the squad 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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