Avenal has gone 4-0 against Alpaugh recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Avenal Buccaneers will be playing at home against the Alpaugh Buffalos at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Tranquillity wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Avenal, they should've done a better job of containing Mattie Martin. Avenal walked away with a 3-1 victory over Tranquillity on Thursday thanks in part to Martin, who had 14 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Alpaugh hadn't done well against Laton recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Alpaugh won by a set and slipped past Laton 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Buffalos.
Alpaugh had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-11, 15-12.
Avenal's win bumped their record up to 18-13. As for Alpaugh, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Everything went Avenal's way against Alpaugh in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, as Avenal made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Avenal have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alpaugh turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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