Melrose and Texico are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Melrose Buffaloes are on the road again on Thursday to play the Texico Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Saturday, Melrose made easy work of Clovis and carried off a 3-0 win.
Melrose never let Clovis on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-14, 25-18.
Meanwhile, everything went Texico's way against Goddard on Saturday as Texico made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wolverines.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-17, 25-23.
Texico 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 eight aces in five consecutive contests.
Melrose is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Texico, their win was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Melrose came out on top in a nail-biter against Texico in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Melrose since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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