Delta's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Rifle Bears as the Delta Panthers made off with a 3-0 victory. The Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bears, too.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-17, 25-21.
Delta can attribute much of their success to Makayla Wear, who had ten digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Wear a new career-high in aces.
Delta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rifle only served six.
Katelynn Rider and Valeria Olivas certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Rider had seven digs and 18 assists, while Olivas had 17 digs. Olivas is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Delta is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for Rifle, their loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8.
Delta will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against North Fork at 4:00 p.m. As for Rifle, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Summit at 6:30 p.m. Rifle is facing Summit at the right time seeing as Summit is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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