Dolores and Mancos are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Dolores Bears will head out to challenge the Mancos Bluejays at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Dolores is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Dolores finally turned things around against Ridgway on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Demons as they made off with a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was Dolores' feisty defense: they held Ridgway to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Mancos made easy work of Ouray on Friday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mancos was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-4, 25-12.
Dolores' win bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Mancos, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
Dolores suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mancos when the teams last played back in September. Can Dolores avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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