The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will head out to challenge the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Desert Oasis took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Sierra Vista, who comes in off a win.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Shadow Ridge, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked seventh). Sierra Vista skirted past Shadow Ridge 3-2.
Sierra Vista was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 9-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Sierra Vista was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis suffered their biggest loss since September 12th on Monday. They came up short against Arbor View, falling 3-0.
Desert Oasis was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-12, 25-20.
Sierra Vista's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-6. As for Desert Oasis, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-17 record this season.
Sierra Vista was able to grind out a solid victory over Desert Oasis when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sierra Vista since the team 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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