The Goodland Cowboys will challenge the Hitchcock County Falcons on Tuesday. Goodland has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the first.
Last Saturday, Goodland didn't have quite enough to beat Wheatland-Grinnell and fell 2-1. While the Cowboys didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Thunderhawks 25-23 in the first period.
Goodland started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-23, 25-7.
Meanwhile, Hitchcock County was able to grind out a solid victory over Triplains/Brewster on Saturday, taking the game 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hitchcock County was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13.
Hitchcock County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last 14 games.
Goodland's loss dropped their record down to 2-21. As for Hitchcock County, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-13 record this season.
Goodland came out on top in a nail-biter against Hitchcock County when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Goodland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hitchcock County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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