Volleyball Preview: Portales Rams vs. Goddard Rockets
Portales hasn't had much luck against Goddard recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Portales Rams will welcome the Goddard Rockets at 6:30 p.m. Portales will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Last Tuesday, Portales made easy work of Lovington and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Portales was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-7, 25-12.
Goddard aren't just finding success at home, as their game on Tuesday extended their overall winning streak to four. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Artesia 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-94) Goddard actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-21, 26-24, 11-25, 15-7.
Viviana Varela was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had seven digs.
Goddard's victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Portales, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
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