The Hanford Bullpups are on the road again on Thursday to play the Sanger West Hornets at 6:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Hanford came up short against Porterville and fell 3-1.
Hanford came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-13, 25-13, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Sanger West had already won four in a row, and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Toros.
Sanger West was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 26-24, 26-24, 26-24.
Hanford dropped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Sanger West, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Hanford was able to grind out a solid victory over Sanger West in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sanger West's Vanessa Villavicencio, who had 28 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hanford still be able to contain Villavicencio? There's only one way to find out.
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