Volleyball Preview: CORE Butte and Maxwell Square Off

CORE Butte has not had much luck against Maxwell over the past seven seasons, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m.

CORE Butte came up short against Hamilton on Thursday, falling 3-0.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Mara Gonzalez, who had 14 digs. The team also got some help from Macey Layfield, who had eight kills and eight digs.

Meanwhile, Maxwell snuck past Williams with a 3-2 win on Thursday.

Maxwell was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13.

CORE Butte better focus on containing Gia Rudiger and Lizzie Sanapaw as the pair were huge in Maxwell's win. Rudiger had 35 assists and three aces, while Sanapaw had nine aces.

CORE Butte has now lost six of their last eight games on the road. That leaves them at an 8-11 record this season. As for Maxwell, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 21-8.

CORE Butte couldn't quite get it done against Maxwell the last time they met, on September 5th as they fell 2-0. Can the Lynx avenge their loss, or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.