The Ralston Valley Mustangs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Chatfield Chargers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ralston Valley is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Lakewood just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Tigers. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 25-23 in the first set.
Ralston Valley started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Chatfield suffered their biggest loss since October 24, 2023 on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Eaton. The match marked the first time this season in which the Chargers were not able to get on the board.
While Chatfield was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Eaton's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-22, 25-23.
Ralston Valley's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for Chatfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-4.
Ralston Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Chatfield when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Ralston Valley repeat their success, or does Chatfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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