Volleyball Preview: Winn Mavericks vs. McCollum Cowboys
Winn hasn't had much luck against McCollum recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Winn Mavericks will venture away from home to face off against the McCollum Cowboys at 6:00 p.m.
Winn is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Southwest Legacy.
After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, McCollum waltzed into their contest on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Indians.
McCollum was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (101-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 23-25, 9-25, 25-22, 15-11.
McCollum kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 1.8 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 6.6.
Winn's defeat dropped their record down to 6-23. As for McCollum, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season.
Winn suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to McCollum in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Winn avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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