On Thursday, West Las Vegas faced Tucumcari in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The West Las Vegas Dons came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tucumcari Rattlers , sneaking past 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Dons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
West Las Vegas took Tucumcari into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-15, 16-14.
West Las Vegas was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Several Rattlers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Aliyah Marez, who had 16 digs. With that strong performance, Marez is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Nevaeh Montoya, who had 12 digs.
The win made it two in a row for West Las Vegas and bumps their season record up to 5-1. As for Tucumcari, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-1.
West Las Vegas will welcome Taos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Tucumcari, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Mora at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mora is coming into the match with four straight victories on the road, so Tucumcari will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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