Chaparral has gone 8-2 against Desert Mountain recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Chaparral Firebirds will host the Desert Mountain Wolves at 6:00 p.m. Chaparral will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
On Monday, everything went Chaparral's way against Campo Verde as Chaparral made off with a 3-0 victory.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Desert Mountain, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They had just enough and edged Willow Canyon out 3-2 on Wednesday.
Desert Mountain took Willow Canyon into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-10, 23-25, 25-15, 18-16.
Desert Mountain's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mia Archibald, who had ten digs and three aces, and Riley Sokolow, who had eight digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Archibald a new career-high in aces.
Chaparral's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Desert Mountain, the victory also got them back to even at 5-5.
Chaparral was able to grind out a solid win over Desert Mountain when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Desert Mountain's Kara Hairston, who had 15 digs and three aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Chaparral still be able to contain Hairston? There's only one way to find out.
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