Eldorado is 9-1 against Manzano since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Eldorado Golden Eagles will head out to take on the Manzano Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. Eldorado will be strutting in after a victory while Manzano will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Eldorado finally turned things around against Capital on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Jaguars.
Eldorado had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-23, 25-17, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Manzano suffered their biggest loss since September 21st on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to La Cueva. The shutout was out of character for the Monarchs seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
While Manzano was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into La Cueva's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-16, 25-18.
The victory got Eldorado back to even at 9-9. As for Manzano, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-9 record this season.
Eldorado came up short against Manzano when the teams last played on October 8th, falling 3-1. Can Eldorado avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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