Nixon-Smiley lost against Gonzales back in August of 2020, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs lost 3-0 to the Gonzales Apaches. The Mustangs have struggled against the Apaches recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 25-15, 25-14.
Gonzales was led to victory by Blakely Mercer and Camarillo Hailey. Mercer had eight digs and three aces, while Hailey had five digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Mercer a new career-high in aces.
Nixon-Smiley's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Gonzales, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-17.
Nixon-Smiley will challenge Yorktown at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2019, but likely not for long. As for Gonzales, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Karnes City at 6:15 p.m. on September 24th.
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