The Sunrise Mountain Miners will challenge the Durango Trailblazers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Sunrise Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Legacy, who was ranked 12th at the time (Sunrise Mountain was ranked 22nd). The Miners came up short against the Longhorns on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Miners' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
While Sunrise Mountain ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 17 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Durango posted their closest win since April 5th on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Bonanza 3-2. The victory continues a trend for the Trailblazers in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now won five in a row.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-102) Durango actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-22, 15-12.
Sunrise Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 14-12. As for Durango, their win bumped their record up to 11-18.
Sunrise Mountain took their victory against Durango in their previous matchup on April 2nd by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Miners 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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