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The Goddard Rockets's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Valley Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday.
Goddard is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Portales just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Rams.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Portales scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17.
Goddard's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Viviana Varela, who had 27 digs, and Camille Holloway, who had six digs and 15 assists. With that strong performance, Varela is now averaging an impressive 11.1 digs per game.
If Bernalillo wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Valley, they should've done a better job of containing Reese Villanueva. Valley blew past Bernalillo 3-0 on Friday thanks in part to Villanueva, who had 11 digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Valley never let Bernalillo on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-16, 25-17.
Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bernalillo only served five.
Goddard's defeat dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Valley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Goddard has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Goddard's way against Valley when the teams last played back in March of 2021, as Goddard made off with a 3-0 win. Will Goddard repeat their success, or does Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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