Moriarty is 8-2 against Espanola Valley since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Moriarty Pintos will venture away from home to challenge the Espanola Valley Sundevils at 6:00 p.m. Moriarty is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 15-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Moriarty will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Pojoaque Valley, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Moriarty skirted past Pojoaque Valley 3-2.
Moriarty wouldn't go down easily and took Pojoaque Valley into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 18-25, 21-25, 15-5.
Moriarty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Espanola Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Taos.
Espanola Valley was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Taos work for it, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-19, 20-25, 25-8.
Moriarty's record now sits at 3-13. As for Espanola Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 3-13.
Moriarty suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Espanola Valley when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Moriarty avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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