It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks dukes it out withthe Zuni Thunderbirds at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Thoreau will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Thoreau will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Tohatchi, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Thoreau put the hurt on Tohatchi with a sharp 3-0 win on Saturday.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-21, 26-24.
Thoreau's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Keira Begay, who had 15 digs and 20 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Jodee Delgarito, who had ten digs, three kills, and two aces.
Thoreau 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 ten aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Zuni came up short against Navajo Prep on Saturday and fell 3-1.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Zuni lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Thoreau's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-6. As for Zuni, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season.
Everything went Thoreau's way against Zuni in their previous matchup on October 12th, as Thoreau made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Thoreau repeat their success, or does Zuni have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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