The Sandhills/Thedford Knights have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mullen Broncos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
On Monday, everything went Sandhills/Thedford's way against Arthur County as Sandhills/Thedford made off with a 3-0 win.
Sandhills/Thedford was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-17, 25-18.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mullen had no problem doing just that on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Longhorns. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Broncos.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-10, 25-20.
Mullen found their leader in freshman Brynne Mccully, who had seven aces. The dominant performance gave Mccully a new career-high in aces.
Mccully wasn't the only good server: Mullen was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive games.
Sandhills/Thedford's victory bumped their record up to 18-12. As for Mullen, they now have a winning record of 15-14.
Everything went Sandhills/Thedford's way against Mullen when the teams last played on October 11th, as Sandhills/Thedford made off with a 3-0 win. Will Sandhills/Thedford repeat their success, or does Mullen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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