Platte Valley has gone 7-1 against Liberty Common recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Platte Valley Broncos will take on the Liberty Common Eagles at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Platte Valley has 12 straight victories, Liberty Common has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Platte Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Eaton, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Platte Valley was ranked fifth). Platte Valley won by a set and slipped past Eaton 3-2.
Platte Valley was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-27, 22-25, 25-20, 17-15.
Addy Grossnickle and Makenzie Piper were among the main playmakers for Platte Valley as the former had 25 digs and the latter had 13 digs, six aces, four kills, and a block. The dominant performance gave Piper a new career-high in aces.
Platte Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Liberty Common came up short against Village on Friday, falling 3-0.
Liberty Common took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-11, 25-14.
Platte Valley pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Liberty Common, their loss dropped their record down to 2-17.
Everything went Platte Valley's way against Liberty Common in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Platte Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Platte Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty Common turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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