The Hatch Valley Bears will square off against the Chaparral Lobos at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hatch Valley is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Hatch Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Ruidoso and fell 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Hatch Valley sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 21-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Chaparral came up short against Carlsbad on Saturday, falling 3-0.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Carlsbad scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-18.
Hatch Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Hatch Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Chaparral when the teams last played on September 2nd, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Lobos' Diana Valenzuela, who had 47 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Bears still be able to contain Valenzuela? There's only one way to find out.
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