The Palmer Ridge Bears will face off against the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palmer Ridge is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
Last Tuesday, everything went Palmer Ridge's way against Discovery Canyon as Palmer Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory.
Palmer Ridge's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Discovery Canyon between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-18, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne Mountain waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Lions out 3-2.
Cheyenne Mountain wouldn't go down easily and took Lutheran into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 17-25, 15-5.
Cheyenne Mountain can attribute much of their success to Brynn Ressler, who had ten digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Cheyenne Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Palmer Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything went Palmer Ridge's way against Cheyenne Mountain in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Palmer Ridge made off with a 3-0 win. Does Palmer Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cheyenne Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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