Volleyball Preview: Mission Eagles vs. Rio Grande City Rattlers
Mission is 4-0 against Rio Grande City since August of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mission Eagles will square off against the Rio Grande City Rattlers at 6:30 p.m. Mission is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mission's way against Roma as Mission made off with a 3-0 win.
While Mission won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-8, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Rio Grande City had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 3-1.
Rio Grande City had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20.
Rio Grande City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Mission has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Rio Grande City, their victory bumped their record up to 12-15.
Mission beat Rio Grande City 2-0 in their previous matchup back in August. Does Mission have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rio Grande City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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