Volleyball Preview: Tanque Verde Hawks vs. Safford Bulldogs
The Tanque Verde Hawks will take on the Safford Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Tanque Verde got the win against Sabino by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-12, 25-18.
Tanque Verde's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brook Savage, who had ten digs and three aces, and Maddy Miller, who had four digs and four aces. That's the most aces Savage has posted since back in September.
Tanque Verde was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Safford came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Mavericks 3-0.
Tanque Verde pushed their record up to 16-10 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Safford, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 31-9 record this season.
Tanque Verde came up short against Safford in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Tanque Verde avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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