Nimitz and Westfield are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Nimitz Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Westfield Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Nimitz finally turned things around against Aldine on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Mustangs 3-2.
Nimitz took Aldine into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 21-25, 26-28, 25-18, 15-5.
Nimitz was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 7.2.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Westfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They put the hurt on Dekaney with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-19, 25-22.
Westfield had a senior duo take command as Julissa Velazquez had seven digs and 28 assists and Eloisa Hernandez had 11 digs and four aces. Velazquez is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted ten or more in the last 20 games she's played dating back to last season.
Nimitz's victory bumped their record up to 9-17. As for Westfield, they pushed their record up to 6-7 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Nimitz was able to grind out a solid victory over Westfield when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Nimitz repeat their success, or does Westfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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