La Junta is 6-0 against Ellicott since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The La Junta Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Ellicott Thunderhawks at 6:30 p.m. Ellicott took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on La Junta, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, La Junta got the win against Rocky Ford by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant La Junta was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-14, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead La Junta to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brooklyn Lovato, who had 22 digs and two aces. Lovato is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriella Sanchez, who had nine digs, two kills, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: La Junta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Ellicott was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They fell just short of Manitou Springs by a score of 3-2. While the Thunderhawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mustangs 25-16 in the first period.
Ellicott took Manitou Springs into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-16, 25-8, 16-25, 15-12.
La Junta's victory bumped their record up to 3-9. As for Ellicott, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12.
Everything went La Junta's way against Ellicott in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as La Junta made off with a 3-0 win. Does La Junta have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ellicott turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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