Los Lunas hasn't had much luck against La Cueva recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Los Lunas Tigers will venture away from home to take on the La Cueva Bears at 1:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
La Cueva is hoping to do what West Mesa couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Los Lunas' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Los Lunas blew past West Mesa 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Los Lunas was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-12, 25-3.
Meanwhile, La Cueva faced Santa Fe in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. La Cueva put the hurt on Santa Fe with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win was nothing new for the Bears as they're now sitting on six straight.
La Cueva's got stronger as the match went on, holding Santa Fe to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-17, 25-13.
Chloe Chafins and Riley Johnson were among the main playmakers for La Cueva as the former had 13 digs and three aces and the latter had six digs. That's the most aces Chafins has posted in her last six matchups.
La Cueva was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Los Lunas has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for La Cueva, their victory bumped their record up to 14-3.
Los Lunas came up short against La Cueva when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Los Lunas avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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