Volleyball Game Preview: Hanford Bullpups vs. Tulare Western Mustangs + Official Tickets

The Hanford Bullpups will venture away from home to square off against the Tulare Western Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Miranda Kunz

Digs

10/13/25 @ Tulare Union	26
10/09/25 vs Dinuba	10
10/07/25 vs Lemoore	10
10/06/25 vs Tulare Western	21
10/01/25 @ Mission Oak	15
+ 4 more games

If Tulare Union wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Hanford, they should've done a better job of containing Miranda Kunz. The Bullpups came out on top against the Tribe by a score of 3-1 on Monday thanks in part to Kunz, who had 26 digs and five aces. She has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last nine times she's played.

The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 16-25, 25-9, 25-11.

Hanford can attribute much of their success to Daniela Rodriguez, who had 11 assists and six digs, and Hazel Agnew, who had nine digs and two aces.

They weren't the only good servers: Hanford was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Tulare Western posted their closest win since August 27th on Monday. They won by a set and slipped past Dinuba 3-2.

Tulare Western took Dinuba into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-23, 25-16, 19-25, 15-11.

Tulare Western's record now sits at 13-17. As for Hanford, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season.

Hanford beat Tulare Western 3-1 in their previous meeting last Monday. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bullpups since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.