The Rock Canyon Jaguars will challenge the Cherry Creek Bruins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Rock Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Legend, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Rock Canyon was ranked tenth). Rock Canyon fell just short of Legend by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. That makes it the first time this season the Jaguars have let down their home crowd.
Rock Canyon took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 13-25, 22-25, 25-12, 15-11.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Elena Paz, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, Cherry Creek had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Cougars.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 26-24, 26-24.
Rock Canyon's loss ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-5. As for Cherry Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Rock Canyon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Cherry Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Rock Canyon skirted past Cherry Creek 3-2 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Will Rock Canyon repeat their success, or does Cherry Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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