Volleyball Preview: Rockport-Fulton Pirates vs. Sweeny Bulldogs
On Tuesday Rockport-Fulton will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. After both having extra time off, they and the Sweeny Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m.
Rockport-Fulton lost 3-0 to Calhoun last Friday. The Pirates have struggled against the Sandcrabs recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-11.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Sweeny sidestepped El Campo for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (101-97) Sweeny actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-22, 13-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-11.
Sweeny was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive matches.
Rockport-Fulton's defeat dropped their record down to 13-22. As for Sweeny, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 30-11 record this season.
Everything went Rockport-Fulton's way against Sweeny in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, as Rockport-Fulton made off with a 3-0 win. Will Rockport-Fulton repeat their success, or does Sweeny have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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