The Eagle Mustangs will face off against the Boise Brave at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Eagle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Rocky Mountain, who was ranked third at the time (Eagle was ranked 17th). The Mustangs fell just short of the Grizzlies by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back matches.
Eagle wouldn't go down easily and took Rocky Mountain into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 20-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Boise had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Brave have posted against the Patriots since September 22, 2016.
Boise walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20, 25-14.
Eagle better focus on containing Katelyn Huck and Kylie Wong as the pair were huge in Boise's win. Huck had 18 digs and three assists, while Wong had four digs and two aces. Huck is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in each of the last 11 games she's played.
Boise's victory bumped their record up to 18-11. As for Eagle, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-12.
Everything went Eagle's way against Boise in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as Eagle made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Brave turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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