The Cibola Cougars are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Cleveland Storm at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cibola is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Los Lunas, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Cibola was ranked 14th). Cibola had just enough and edged Los Lunas out 3-2 on Thursday.
Cibola was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 24-26, 19-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Sofia Jurado was a one-man wrecking crew for Cibola as she had 38 digs. Jurado is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Baleigh Hines, who had 13 digs.
Meanwhile, Cleveland came tearing into Saturday's contest with eight straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 3-0 victory.
While Cleveland won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-22, 25-13.
Cibola pushed their record up to 9-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Cleveland, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Cibola was able to grind out a solid win over Cleveland when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Cibola repeat their success, or does Cleveland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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