Pine Creek has gone 10-0 against Vista Ridge recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Pine Creek Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Vista Ridge Wolves at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Creek has six straight victories, Vista Ridge has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Pine Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Pueblo West, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Pine Creek was ranked 15th). Pine Creek put the hurt on Pueblo West with a sharp 3-0 win on Thursday.
One reason for the win was Pine Creek's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Vista Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Doherty on Tuesday and fell 3-2. While the Wolves didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 25-12 in the first set.
Vista Ridge was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Doherty work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25, 15-4.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Abby French, who had 12 digs.
Pine Creek's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-3. As for Vista Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
Pine Creek took their win against Vista Ridge in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Pine Creek repeat their success, or does Vista Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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