The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the University Bulldogs at 9:00 a.m.
Mountain Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Legend, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Mountain Vista was ranked third). Mountain Vista took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Legend on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
While Mountain Vista had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 19 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-19, 21-25, 25-21.
Meanwhile, University made easy work of Frontier Academy on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: University took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-10, 25-8.
University found their leader in sophomore Shylee Dyess, who had 13 digs. Dyess has been hot , having posted 12 or more digs the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenley Rudiger, who had three digs and three aces.
University was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Mountain Vista's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-3. As for University, their win bumped their record up to 15-4.
Mountain Vista was able to grind out a solid victory over University when the teams last played back in September of 2014, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was University's Samantha Smith, who had 30 digs. Now that she won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Mountain Vista to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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