The Fruita Monument Wildcats will head out to square off against the Montrose Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fruita Monument will be strutting in after a victory while Montrose will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Fruita Monument earned a 3-1 win over Durango. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Fruita Monument 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 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-18.
Fruita Monument was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Montrose entered their match against Palisade on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Montrose took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Palisade. It was the first time this season that the Red Hawks let down their fans at home.
The final score came out to 25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 25-9.
Fruita Monument is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Montrose, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-4.
Fruita Monument came up short against Montrose in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Fruita Monument avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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