After both having extra time off, the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks and the Coronado Cougars will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cheyenne Mountain will come into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Cheyenne Mountain had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Doherty last Wednesday. Cheyenne Mountain was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Doherty.
Cheyenne Mountain was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-21, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Coronado faced Regis Groff in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Coronado fell just short of Regis Groff by a score of 2-1. The game marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Coronado started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-22, 15-11.
Cheyenne Mountain's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to blocks: they averaged an imposing 5.25 blocks in those games compared to only 0.25 in the others. As for Coronado, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 11-1.
Cheyenne Mountain took their win against Coronado in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Cheyenne Mountain repeat their success, or does Coronado has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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