Maxwell is 2-8 against Roy/Mosquero since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Maxwell Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Roy/Mosquero Blue/Lady Blue at 6:00 p.m.
Maxwell is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Des Moines just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Demons by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Maxwell sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 18-25, 25-21, 18-25, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Roy/Mosquero entered their tilt with Cimarron on Tuesday with 16 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 17. Everything went their way against the Rams as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Roy/Mosquero took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-14, 25-14.
Roy/Mosquero was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 18 consecutive matchups.
Maxwell's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Roy/Mosquero, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3.
Maxwell suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Roy/Mosquero in their previous matchup back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roy/Mosquero's Constantza Covarrubias, who had 16 digs and six aces. Now that Maxwell knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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