The Liberty Patriots will square off against the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Desert Oasis took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Liberty, who comes in off a win.
Liberty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Cimarron-Memorial, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Liberty was ranked ninth). Liberty put the hurt on Cimarron-Memorial with a sharp 3-0 win on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
While Liberty won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 27-25, 25-21.
Liberty can attribute much of their success to ELLIE ROSENBAUGH, who had two aces and 21 assists, and ADDISON BOHNET, who had a kill and 14 assists. ROSENBAUGH is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Desert Oasis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Centennial, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-21, 25-17.
Desert Oasis might have lost, but man, Dalena Garrett was a machine: she had 16 digs and four kills. The team also got some help courtesy of Riana Morales Imura, who had seven digs and ten assists.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Desert Oasis, their loss dropped their record down to 11-19.
Liberty took their victory against Desert Oasis in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Liberty repeat their success, or does Desert Oasis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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