The Fruita Monument Wildcats will head out to challenge the Palisade Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fruita Monument is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
Fruita Monument is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since August 30th on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Northfield.
Fruita Monument had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Palisade, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Grand Junction on Thursday. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.
Palisade was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 20-25, 25-21, 27-25.
Fruita Monument's victory bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Palisade, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
Everything went Fruita Monument's way against Palisade in their previous meeting last Thursday, as Fruita Monument made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats 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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