The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will face off against the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Basic, who was ranked fifth at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked fourth). The Mustangs won by a set and slipped past the Wolves 3-2.
Shadow Ridge had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 26-28, 25-27, 25-22, 25-15, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis got the win against Sierra Vista on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Diamondbacks.
Desert Oasis not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Sierra Vista between 14 and 16 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 25-14.
Shadow Ridge better focus on containing Jaiden Alarcon and Jared Jovellanos as the pair were huge in Desert Oasis' win. Alarcon had 17 assists and five digs, while Jovellanos had six digs and three aces. That's the most assists Alarcon has posted over his last 11 matches. Torsten Reed also deserves some recognition as he served his first ace of the season.
Shadow Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Desert Oasis, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
Everything went Shadow Ridge's way against Desert Oasis in their previous matchup back in March of 2025, as Shadow Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Diamondbacks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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