Joseph City is 2-8 against Mogollon since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 5:00 p.m. Joseph City is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Joseph City sidestepped Red Rock for a 3-2 victory.
Joseph City wouldn't go down easily and took Red Rock into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 28-26, 25-20, 22-25, 15-5.
Joseph City's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaydiana Kinlicheenie led the charge by getting 12 digs.
Joseph City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Mogollon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Florence by a score of 1-0.
Mogollon was the model of consistency in the loss, scoring 16 points in every single set they played. The final score came out to 25-16.
Joseph City's record is now 6-14. As for Mogollon, their loss dropped their record down to 18-6.
Joseph City suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mogollon when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mogollon's Kindsey Porter, who had 28 digs, four aces, and two kills. Now that Joseph City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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