Cozad is 1-9 against Holdrege since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cozad Haymakers will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Holdrege Dusters, where the match is scheduled. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Cozad sidestepped St. Patrick's for a 3-2 victory.
Cozad was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-94), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 7-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Holdrege came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Dukes 3-2.
Holdrege was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (112-108), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 14-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17.
Holdrege was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matchups.
Cozad is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season. As for Holdrege, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Cozad came up short against Holdrege when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Cozad avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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