Volleyball Preview: Rio Grande City Rattlers vs. Nixon Mustangs
The Rio Grande City Rattlers will venture away from home to face off against the Nixon Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Nixon took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Rio Grande City, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, everything went Rio Grande City's way against Juarez-Lincoln as Rio Grande City made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rattlers.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Rio Grande City was: they took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-13, 25-12.
Rio Grande City can attribute much of their success to Aylin Garza, who had four digs and 15 assists. Garza is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Rio Grande City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 11.6.
Meanwhile, Nixon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Martin by a score of 3-2.
Nixon took Martin into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 15-10.
Rio Grande City's record is now 12-15. As for Nixon, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.
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