Cheney waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Chaparral Roadrunners out 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Cardinals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cheney had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-16, 25-16.
Cheney's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kenadi Thome led the charge by getting 23 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Karstyn Inslee, who had three digs and three aces.
Chaparral lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jaylin Easter, who had nine digs.
Cheney's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-3. As for Chaparral, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 16-17.
Cheney will be playing in front of their home fans against Douglass at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Chaparral has already played their next match, a 2-0 loss against Kingman on the 8th.
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