The Estancia Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Tucumcari Rattlers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Estancia didn't have quite enough to beat Santa Rosa and fell 3-2. While the Bears didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lions 25-7 in the first set.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Estancia lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 7-25, 27-25, 25-23, 11-25, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Tucumcari came tearing into Saturday's game with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Yellowjackets as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Tucumcari's got stronger as the match went on, holding Clayton to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-14, 25-13.
Tucumcari was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Estancia's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Tucumcari, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
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