The Durango Demons will head out on the road to take on the Palisade Bulldogs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, everything went Durango's way against Grand Junction Central as Durango made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Demons.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Durango was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-13.
Eva Stewart had an outrageously good game as she had five aces, two kills, and 22 assists. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Trujillo, who had seven digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Durango 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 four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Palisade entered their tilt with Fruita Monument on Thursday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They blew past the Wildcats 3-0.
Palisade was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-21, 25-20.
Durango pushed their record up to 7-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Palisade, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Durango suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Palisade in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Durango avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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