Alpaugh hasn't had much luck against Avenal recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Alpaugh Buffalos will take on the Avenal Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Alpaugh will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Laton, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Alpaugh had just enough and edged Laton out 3-2 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buffalos.
Alpaugh had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-11, 15-12.
If Tranquillity wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Avenal, they should've done a better job of containing Mattie Martin. Avenal came out on top against Tranquillity by a score of 3-1 on Thursday thanks in part to Martin, who had 14 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19.
Alpaugh is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Avenal, their record now sits at 18-13.
Alpaugh might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Avenal in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Alpaugh avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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