The El Dorado Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Union Mine Diamondbacks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
El Dorado is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since September 9th on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Amador with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
While El Dorado won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-14, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Union Mine had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Union Mine's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-9, 25-8.
Union Mine 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 five aces in six consecutive contests.
El Dorado's victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Union Mine, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Everything went El Dorado's way against Union Mine in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as El Dorado made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for El Dorado 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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