The Plains Cowboys will challenge the West Texas Comanches at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Plains is coming into the game hot, having won their last 11 games.
Plains can't be too worried about heading out to take on West Texas: they just beat Ropes at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Plains came out on top against Ropes by a score of 3-1 last Saturday.
Plains 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, 25-18, 25-23, 25-14.
Plains relied on the efforts of Zoey Valles, who had 18 digs, and Aileen Perez, who had five aces and 13 assists. Perez has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more assists the last three times she's played.
Plains was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Texas came into Friday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Fort Elliott on Friday.
West Texas was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-22, 22-25, 25-18.
Plains has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-11 record this season. As for West Texas, their record is now 19-13.
Everything went Plains' way against West Texas in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, as Plains made off with a 3-0 win. Does Plains have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Texas turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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