Volleyball Preview: Pearland Oilers vs. Sam Rayburn Texans
Pearland has gone 5-0 against Sam Rayburn recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pearland has eight straight victories, Sam Rayburn has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Pearland had just enough and edged Fulshear out 3-2.
Pearland was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 28-26, 23-25, 27-25, 15-12.
Pearland had a senior duo take command as Adrienne Enriguez had 15 digs and Cora Wolford had 16 digs, a kill, and a kill. Those 16 digs set a new season-high mark for Wolford.
Meanwhile, Sam Rayburn didn't have quite enough to beat Pasadena Memorial on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Sam Rayburn sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 21-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-5.
Pearland is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 23 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-4 record this season. As for Sam Rayburn, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Pearland took their win against Sam Rayburn when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Pearland repeat their success, or does Sam Rayburn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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