The Rampart Rams will venture away from home to challenge the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rampart is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Doherty, who was ranked tenth at the time (Rampart was ranked sixth). Rampart blew past Doherty 3-0 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rams.
Rampart never let Doherty on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-19, 25-22.
Rampart found their leader in sophomore Keaton Klich, who had ten digs and two assists. That's the most assists Klich has posted over his last eight games.
Meanwhile, Fountain-Fort Carson came into Wednesday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Pueblo South on Wednesday.
Fountain-Fort Carson had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-7.
The victory got Rampart back to even at 4-4. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
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