Volleyball Game Preview: Burges Mustangs vs. El Paso Tigers

Burges is 2-8 against El Paso since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:40 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Emilly Banuelos

Digs

10/10/25 vs Andress	26
10/07/25 @ Canutillo	27
10/03/25 vs Jefferson	26
09/30/25 vs Chapin	15
09/26/25 @ El Paso	26
+ 8 more games

If Andress wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Burges, they should've done a better job of containing Emilly Banuelos. The Mustangs came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 3-1 last Friday thanks in part to Banuelos, who had 26 digs. She has been hot for a while, having posted 14 or more digs the last 13 times she's played.

Burges was especially dominant in the fourth set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15.

Burges can attribute much of their success to Savanna Banuelos, who had five digs and three aces, and Emily Rodriguez, who had ten digs and nine kills. That's the most aces Banuelos has posted since back in August.

Meanwhile, El Paso was able to grind out a solid victory over Jefferson last Friday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.

The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21.

El Paso's win bumped their record up to 23-13. As for Burges, their victory bumped their record up to 20-8.