Elida hasn't had much luck against Gateway Christian recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Warriors at 6:30 p.m.
Elida is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Melrose, who was ranked 11th at the time (Elida was ranked 23rd). The Tigers fell just short of the Buffaloes by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Elida took Melrose into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-19, 25-17, 24-26, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Gateway Christian waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Broncos.
The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-19, 25-9.
Gateway Christian's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Elida, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 15-1.
Elida suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Gateway Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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