Taos came into Saturday's match looking for another win against Moriarty, but Kristina Means wouldn't allow it. The Moriarty Pintos walked away with a 3-1 win over the Taos Tigers on Saturday thanks in part to Means, who had seven aces and five digs. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game.
Moriarty had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-11.
Moriarty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive contests.
Moriarty has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-16 record this season. As for Taos, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 13-9 record.
Moriarty does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Taos, they will take on Hope Christian at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday.
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