The Cibola Cougars will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Los Lunas Tigers 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: Eldorado, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Cibola was ranked 16th). Cibola blew past Eldorado 3-0 on Tuesday.
Cibola walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-10, 25-17, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Los Lunas hadn't done well against St. Pius X recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Los Lunas sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over St. Pius X.
Los Lunas had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 16-14.
Cibola's victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-4. As for Los Lunas, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Cibola came up short against Los Lunas when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Cibola avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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