Monahans has gone 9-1 against Andrews recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Monahans Loboes will challenge the Andrews Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Monahans took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Seminole as Monahans made off with a 3-0 victory.
Monahans never let Seminole on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-23, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Andrews entered their tilt with Fort Stockton on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Panthers out 3-2.
Andrews wouldn't go down easily and took Fort Stockton into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-16, 18-16.
Andrews can attribute much of their success to Danlee Fisher, who had 29 digs and two aces, and Anah Bueno, who had 23 digs and three aces. Those three aces gave Bueno a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Andrews 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 four consecutive games.
Monahans' win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-22. As for Andrews, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-9 record this season.
Monahans was able to grind out a solid victory over Andrews in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Monahans repeat their success, or does Andrews have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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