Volleyball Preview: Robstown Cottonpickers vs. Skidmore-Tynan Bobcats
The Robstown Cottonpickers will venture away from home to take on the Skidmore-Tynan Bobcats at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Robstown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Robstown will head into Tuesday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Odem: Robstown couldn't quite topple Odem on Tuesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the three-set defeat they took when the two last played. Robstown blew past Odem 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Cottonpickers have posted since August 15, 2023.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-22, 25-8.
Robstown got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Olivia Morales out in front who had ten digs.
Robstown couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 77.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 83.6%.
Meanwhile, everything went Skidmore-Tynan's way against Ray on Tuesday as Skidmore-Tynan made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-13, 25-20.
The victory snapped Robstown's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 10-16 record. As for Skidmore-Tynan, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Robstown came up short against Skidmore-Tynan when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Robstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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