After both having extra time off, the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles and the Northfield Nighthawks will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mountain Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Denver South, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Mountain Vista was ranked fifth). Mountain Vista walked away with a 3-1 victory over Denver South on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Eagles.
Mountain Vista had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-23.
Mountain Vista's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Joey Laterza led the charge by getting 20 digs. Laterza is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last 11 games she's played. Another player making a difference was Anna Morella, who had 12 digs.
Mountain Vista kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least six blocks in 12 consecutive matches.
Rangeview typically has all the answers at home, but last Tuesday Northfield proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Raiders out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (110-107) Northfield actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-21, 19-25, 32-30, 15-9.
Mountain Vista's record is now 19-4. As for Northfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season.
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