Green Valley and Cimarron-Memorial are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2014, but not for long. The Green Valley Gators will face off against the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Cimarron-Memorial is facing Green Valley at the wrong time: Green Valley suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain Lions. The Gators haven't had much luck with the Mountain Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-16, 24-26, 25-22.
Even though they lost, Green Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Cimarron-Memorial faced Southeast Career Tech in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Cimarron-Memorial skirted past Southeast Career Tech 3-2.
Cimarron-Memorial took Southeast Career Tech into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 15-11.
Green Valley's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 21-16. As for Cimarron-Memorial, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Green Valley has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Cimarron-Memorial struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Green Valley might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Cimarron-Memorial in their previous meeting back in September. Will Green Valley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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