Volleyball Preview: Mission Eagles vs. Rio Grande City Rattlers
Mission has gone 5-0 against Rio Grande City recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mission Eagles will welcome the Rio Grande City Rattlers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mission's way against Roma as Mission made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Rio Grande City hadn't done well against Martin recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Rio Grande City blew past Martin 3-0.
Rio Grande City was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-13, 25-17.
Rio Grande City relied on the efforts of Kayden Garcia, who had 24 digs and three aces, and Aylin Garza, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces Garza has posted in her last six matchups.
Mission is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season. As for Rio Grande City, their victory bumped their record up to 16-18.
Mission beat Rio Grande City 3-1 when the teams last played back in September. Will Mission repeat their success, or does Rio Grande City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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