The Cyprus Pirates will challenge the Granger Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Cyprus' favor as the team sits on six straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Granger has been banged up by nine consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Cyprus will bounce into Thursday's match after beating West Jordan, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Cyprus came out on top against West Jordan by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 16-25, 25-21, 25-22.
Cyprus can attribute much of their success to Addison Leon, who had 11 digs and two aces. Leon is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Cyprus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Granger lost 3-0 to Hunter on Tuesday.
Granger was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-18, 25-11.
Cyprus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-12 record this season. As for Granger, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-15.
Everything went Cyprus' way against Granger in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Cyprus made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Cyprus repeat their success, or does Granger have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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