On Tuesday, Coronado faced Arbor View in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Coronado Cougars narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Arbor View Aggies 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Cougars, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Coronado who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 26-28, 25-22, 20-25, 16-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Coronado to victory, but perhaps none more so than Julie Beckham, who had 24 kills and 13 digs. Beckham is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had nine or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rachel Schwartz, who had eight digs, a kill, and 45 assists.
Coronado's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4. As for Arbor View, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 16-7.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Coronado will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Palo Verde at 6:00 p.m. Coronado is facing Palo Verde at the right time seeing as Palo Verde is stuck on a five-game losing streak. After both having extra time off, Arbor View and Centennial will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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