The Rock Canyon Jaguars will challenge the Windsor Wizards at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. Rock Canyon is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Rock Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Cherry Creek, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Rock Canyon was ranked tenth). Rock Canyon fell just short of Cherry Creek by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. While the Jaguars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bruins 25-22 in the first set.
Rock Canyon actually scored more points across those five sets (105-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 12-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Despite their defeat, Rock Canyon saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Reese Waller, who had 11 digs, was perhaps the best of all.
Even though they lost, Rock Canyon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, Windsor made easy work of Poudre on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wizards.
Windsor was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-9.
Windsor relied on the efforts of Avery Smiley, who had 14 digs and two aces, and Kadence Marsh, who had ten digs, seven aces, three kills, and a block. Marsh has been hot for a while, having also posted 19 or more assists the last 13 times she's played.
Rock Canyon's loss dropped their record down to 13-6. As for Windsor, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: Rock Canyon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Windsor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Rock Canyon came out on top in a nail-biter against Windsor in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will Rock Canyon repeat their success, or does Windsor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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