Volleyball Preview: Sweetwater Mustangs vs. Merkel Badgers
After both having extra time off, the Sweetwater Mustangs and the Merkel Badgers will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sweetwater will be strutting in after a win while Merkel will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Saturday, Sweetwater narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy 3-2.
Sweetwater took San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-12, 25-15, 23-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Merkel was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They came up short against Grape Creek, falling 3-0.
Sweetwater's win bumped their record up to 13-17. As for Merkel, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-17.
Everything went Sweetwater's way against Merkel when the teams last played on October 1st, as Sweetwater made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Sweetwater repeat their success, or does Merkel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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