Rio Grande City is 0-4 against Mission since August of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The Rio Grande City Rattlers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mission Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Rio Grande City will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
On Saturday, Rio Grande City earned a 3-1 victory over Nixon.
Rio Grande City 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 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20.
Rio Grande City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Mission got the win against Roma on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Mission never let Roma on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-8, 25-22.
Rio Grande City's win bumped their record up to 12-15. As for Mission, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Rio Grande City came up short against Mission when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Rio Grande City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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