Volleyball Preview: Goddard Rockets vs. Portales Rams
Goddard has gone 9-1 against Portales recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Goddard Rockets are taking a road trip to challenge the Portales Rams at 6:30 p.m. Goddard will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Goddard had just enough and edged Artesia out 3-2.
Goddard was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-94), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-21, 26-24, 11-25, 15-7.
Among those leading the charge was Viviana Varela, who had seven digs.
Meanwhile, everything went Portales' way against Lovington on Tuesday as Portales made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Portales was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-7, 25-12.
Goddard's win bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Portales, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Goddard skirted past Portales 3-2 in their previous matchup last Tuesday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Goddard since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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