Cienega has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Tanque Verde Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Cienega was able to grind out a solid win over Flowing Wells, taking the game 3-1.
Cienega walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 25-17, 18-25, 25-13, 25-17.
Cienega's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Reegan Nolan, who had eight digs and two aces, and Bethanie Ihegborow, who had five digs, three kills, and a block. Nolan is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Tanque Verde entered their tilt with Catalina on Tuesday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Tanque Verde was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-10, 25-9.
Tanque Verde relied on the efforts of Maddy Miller, who had five digs and four aces, and Ava Cheney, who had five aces, four kills, and four digs. The dominant performance gave Miller a new career-high in aces.
Tanque Verde was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Cienega has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-11 record this season. As for Tanque Verde, they pushed their record up to 14-9 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
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