ROCK SPRINGS — The Rock Springs High School volleyball team will have two important 4A Northwest conference matchups this week, traveling to Riverton on Thursday before returning home to host Cody on Saturday.

The Lady Tigers will face Riverton at 6 p.m. Thursday before hosting Cody at 2 p.m. Saturday. Both matches will count toward the 4A Northwest quadrant standings.

Rock Springs enters the week with a 12-15 overall record and a 1-2 mark in quadrant play. Coming into the week, Natrona County led the quadrant at 14-10 overall and 3-0 in conference matches, followed by Cody at 16-8 and 2-1. Riverton sits at 5-20 overall and 0-3 in quadrant play.

The Lady Tigers are coming off a successful home weekend, earning a five-set victory over Jackson on Friday before sweeping Star Valley on Saturday.

Rock Springs opened Friday’s match against Jackson with a 25-22 loss in the first set but responded with a 25-15 win in the second and a 25-17 victory in the third to take a 2-1 lead. Jackson extended the match by edging the Lady Tigers 29-27 in the fourth set, but Rock Springs secured the win with a 15-10 victory in the deciding set.

The Lady Tigers carried that momentum into Saturday’s matchup against Star Valley, winning 25-11 and 25-17 before holding off a late challenge in the third set, 26-24, to complete the sweep and finish the weekend undefeated at home.

Rock Springs will look to carry that momentum into Thursday’s matchup against Riverton before facing Cody, which entered the week in second place in the quadrant standings. With both matches carrying conference implications, the results could play an important role in shaping the Lady Tigers’ position in the 4A Northwest race.