Garden City entered their tilt with Dodge City on Saturday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They had just enough and edged the Dodge City Demons out 2-1. The Buffaloes have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Demons, too.
Garden City had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-21, 25-14.
Garden City had a senior duo take command as Aleeya Cruz had six digs and 18 assists and Kate Mcdonald had eight digs and two aces.
Garden City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Dodge City's loss came despite strong showings from Cait Pfaff and Emily Gutierrez. Pfaff had ten digs and three aces, while Gutierrez had seven digs. The dominant performance gave Pfaff a new career-high in aces.
Garden City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Dodge City, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 8-9 record.
Garden City will welcome Scott at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Scott will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Garden City surely won't give up without a fight. As for Dodge City, they will take on Liberal at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Dodge City's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Liberal has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
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