The Niwot Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Legacy Lightning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Niwot is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Castle View, who was ranked 12th at the time (Niwot was ranked 13th). The Cougars fell 2-0 to the Sabercats on Saturday. The Cougars' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Legacy entered their game against Poudre on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Lightning fell just short of the Impalas by a score of 3-2.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 28-26, 25-18, 24-26, 15-13.
Niwot's defeat dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Legacy, they suffered their first home loss, dropping their record down to 16-2.
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