Los Lunas is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Cibola is on a four-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withCougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Los Lunas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: St. Pius X, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Los Lunas was ranked sixth). Los Lunas had just enough and edged St. Pius X out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-100) Los Lunas actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 14-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 16-14.
Meanwhile, everything went Cibola's way against Eldorado on Tuesday as Cibola made off with a 3-0 victory.
Cibola walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-17, 25-16.
Los Lunas has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Cibola, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
Los Lunas was able to grind out a solid win over Cibola when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Cibola's Sofia Jurado, who had 23 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Los Lunas still be able to contain Jurado? There's only one way to find out.
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