The Del Valle Conquistadores will square off against the Hanks Knights at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Del Valle: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Hanks has snatched up four consecutive wins on the road.
Last Friday, Del Valle made easy work of Parkland and carried off a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-10, 25-15.
Mia Puga went supernova for Del Valle, getting eight digs and five aces. With that strong performance, Puga is now averaging an impressive 12.1 assists per game.
Meanwhile, Hanks and Immanuel Christian met for a duel on Friday where Hanks came out on top. Hanks came out on top in a nail-biter against Immanuel Christian , sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (97-93) Hanks actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-20, 12-25, 16-25, 15-13.
Hanks got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sarai Flores out in front who had 17 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Ariana Guillen, who had four digs, three aces, and two kills.
Del Valle's win bumped their record up to 16-13. As for Hanks, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-20 record this season.
Everything went Del Valle's way against Hanks when the teams last played back in September, as Del Valle made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Del Valle repeat their success, or does Hanks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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