The Montrose Red Hawks will take on the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Montrose is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Palisade, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Montrose was ranked 25th). Montrose fell 3-1 to Palisade on Thursday. It was the first time this season that the Red Hawks let down their fans at home.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument was able to grind out a solid win over Durango on Friday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Fruita Monument had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-18.
Fruita Monument 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 six aces in nine consecutive contests.
Montrose moved to 11-4 with that loss, which also ended their six-game winning streak. As for Fruita Monument, they pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Montrose beat Fruita Monument 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Does Montrose have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fruita Monument turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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