Volleyball Preview: Eunice Cardinals vs. Texico Wolverines
Eunice has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Texico Wolverines at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Eunice challenged Hagerman on Thursday. Eunice was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Hagerman.
Eunice's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Hagerman between 19 and 21 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-19, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Texico entered their tilt with Loving on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Falcons as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Texico took every set by at least 13 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-11, 25-12.
Texico was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 13 consecutive contests.
Eunice pushed their record up to 9-10 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Texico, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Eunice suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Texico in their previous meeting on October 10th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Texico's Abby Haakma, who had 18 digs and five aces. Now that Eunice knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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