A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars takes on the Douglas Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Spanish Springs is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Spanish Springs is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Bishop Manogue, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Spanish Springs was ranked 22nd). Spanish Springs came out on top against Bishop Manogue by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 17-25, 25-18, 25-23.
Spanish Springs' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Gianna Antle, who had seven digs and four aces, and Nora Hunt, who had four digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Antle a new career-high in aces.
Spanish Springs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Douglas' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Galena by a score of 3-2.
Spanish Springs' victory bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Douglas, they now have a losing record at 12-13.
Everything went Spanish Springs' way against Douglas in their previous matchup back in September, as Spanish Springs made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spanish Springs since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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