On Tuesday Wray will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will face off against the Haxtun Fightin' Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m.
Wray is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Hi-Plains just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Wray lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Haxtun made easy work of Crowley County on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was Haxtun's feisty defense: they held Crowley County to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-4.
Wray's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Haxtun, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Wray came up short against Haxtun in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Wray avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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