Mesa Ridge hasn't had much luck against Coronado recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies will stay at home for another game and welcome the Coronado Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mesa Ridge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Canon City just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. While the Grizzlies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 25-22 in the first set.
Mesa Ridge started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 22-25, 25-13, 25-16, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Coronado didn't have quite enough to beat Palmer on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Terrors recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Coronado took Palmer into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, 15-11.
Mesa Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 8-11. As for Coronado, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
Mesa Ridge took their win against Coronado when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. Will Mesa Ridge repeat their success, or does Coronado have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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