Eldorado and Sandia are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Eldorado Golden Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Sandia Matadors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Eldorado lost 3-0 to Santa Fe on Thursday. The Golden Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Eldorado was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Santa Fe's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-17, 25-19.
If Manzano wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Sandia, they should've done a better job of containing Jayla Lacey. Sandia walked away with a 3-1 win over Manzano on Thursday thanks in part to Lacey, who had 13 digs and five aces. Those five aces gave her a new career-high.
Sandia had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-11, 25-22.
Eldorado now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Sandia, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-12 record this season.
Eldorado came up short against Sandia in their previous meeting back in October, falling 3-1. Can Eldorado avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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