Volleyball Preview: Ropes Eagles vs. Plains Cowboys
Ropes is 2-7 against Plains since September of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ropes Eagles will challenge the Plains Cowboys at 6:00 p.m. Ropes is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last nine games.
Last Tuesday, Ropes got the win against Tahoka by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Ropes took every set by at least 18 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-7, 25-7.
Ropes found their leader in underclassman Allye Bandy, who had seven digs, four aces, and a kill. Bandy is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Braedyn Reyna, who had nine digs and three aces.
Ropes was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Plains had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Plains never let Olton on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-10, 25-23.
Ropes pushed their record up to 25-11 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Plains, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season.
Ropes was able to grind out a solid victory over Plains in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Ropes repeat their success, or does Plains have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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