Coeur d'Alene has gone 9-1 against Moscow recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Coeur d'Alene Vikings will challenge the Moscow Bears at 7:00 p.m. Coeur d'Alene is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Coeur d'Alene is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Lewiston, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Coeur d'Alene was ranked eighth). Coeur d'Alene was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Lewiston on Tuesday.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-23, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Moscow was able to grind out a solid win over St. Maries on Saturday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Moscow had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-16.
Coeur d'Alene has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Moscow, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
Everything went Coeur d'Alene's way against Moscow in their previous matchup back in September, as Coeur d'Alene made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coeur d'Alene since the squad 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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