Rio Rancho is 2-8 against Cibola since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rio Rancho Rams will look to defend their home court against the Cibola Cougars at 6:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
If Volcano Vista wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Rio Rancho, they should've done a better job of containing Reece Cave. Rio Rancho was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Volcano Vista on Tuesday thanks in part to Cave, who had 13 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last six games she's played.
Rio Rancho's got stronger as the match went on, holding Volcano Vista to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rio Rancho to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emily Griego, who had seven digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Griego a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Cibola faced off against Piedra Vista on Tuesday. Everything went Cibola's way against Piedra Vista as Cibola made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Cibola was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-2, 25-12.
Rio Rancho has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Cibola, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 13-7.
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