La Cueva is 3-0 against Los Lunas since September of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The La Cueva Bears will host the Los Lunas Tigers at 1:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with La Cueva sitting on six straight victories and Los Lunas on three.
La Cueva is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Santa Fe, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (La Cueva was ranked third). La Cueva blew past Santa Fe 3-0 on Thursday.
La Cueva's got stronger as the match went on, holding Santa Fe to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-13.
La Cueva had a senior duo take command as Chloe Chafins had 13 digs and three aces and Riley Johnson had six digs. That's the most aces Chafins has posted in her last six matchups.
La Cueva was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Los Lunas made easy work of West Mesa on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Los Lunas was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-12, 25-3.
La Cueva is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Los Lunas, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.
La Cueva beat Los Lunas 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Does La Cueva have another victory up their sleeve, or will Los Lunas turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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