Crane is 0-4 against Denver City since August of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Crane Cranes will take on the Denver City Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with 20 defeats in a row dating back to last season, Crane finally turned things around against Lamesa on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Tornadoes.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-103) Crane actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Denver City waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged Compass Academy out 3-2.
Denver City took Compass Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a 11-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 15-4.
Crane's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-18. As for Denver City, they are on a roll lately: they've won 23 of their last 27 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-8 record this season.
Crane suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Denver City in their previous meeting on October 1st. Can Crane avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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