Fossil Ridge is 9-1 against Fort Collins since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Fossil Ridge SaberCats will take on the Fort Collins Lambkins at 6:00 p.m. Fossil Ridge is looking to tack on another W to their 14-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
If Greeley West wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Fossil Ridge, they should've done a better job of containing Trinity Burchett. Fossil Ridge put the hurt on Greeley West with a sharp 3-0 win on Thursday thanks in part to Burchett, who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last 14 matches.
Fossil Ridge's got stronger as the match went on, holding Greeley West to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-9, 25-4.
Fossil Ridge couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43% of their attack attempts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hitting percentage total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Fort Collins was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Loveland.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-20, 25-15.
Fossil Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 18-4. As for Fort Collins, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
Fossil Ridge took their win against Fort Collins in their previous matchup on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fossil Ridge since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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