Poudre hasn't had much luck against Rocky Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Impalas will venture away from home to take on the Lobos at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Poudre will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Fort Collins, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Impalas won by a set and slipped past the Lambkins 3-2.
Poudre 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 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-17, 15-13.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Poudre to victory, but perhaps none more so than Morgan Huffman, who had 18 assists and nine digs. That's the most assists Huffman has posted since back in September. Another player making a difference was Rinzin Copeland, who had 18 digs.
Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Raiders.
Rocky Mountain's win bumped their record up to 9-11. As for Poudre, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Poudre came out on top in a nail-biter against Rocky Mountain when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Impalas 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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