Sahuaro has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to square off against the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sahuaro will be strutting in after a win while Mica Mountain will be coming in after a loss.
Last Monday, Sahuaro narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Walden Grove 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Sahuaro who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 20-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-7.
Sahuaro 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 seven aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain faced Salpointe Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Mica Mountain fell just short of Salpointe Catholic by a score of 3-2. The Thunderbolts' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Mica Mountain sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 22-25, 25-11, 13-25, 15-10.
Sahuaro's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-11. As for Mica Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.
Sahuaro came up short against Mica Mountain when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Sahuaro avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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