Cherry Creek has gone 9-1 against Eaglecrest recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Cherry Creek Bruins will venture away from home to take on the Eaglecrest Raptors at 6:30 p.m.
Cherry Creek is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest loss since September 13, 2023 last Friday. They lost 3-0 to Chaparral. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-17, 25-17.
Despite the defeat, Cherry Creek had strong showings from Aubrey Blake, who had 12 digs, and Raya Thompson, who had seven kills, five digs, and two aces. The dominant performance gave Thompson a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Eaglecrest had already won three in a row, and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Rams , sneaking past 2-1.
Eaglecrest was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (65-61), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 28-26, 16-14.
Cherry Creek's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Eaglecrest, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Cherry Creek has serving mastered this season, having averaged 10.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Eaglecrest struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cherry Creek beat Eaglecrest 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cherry Creek 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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