CORE Butte had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Chester Volcanoes. The Lynx have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Volcanoes, too.
CORE Butte had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-17, 25-10, 25-16.
Xitlali Gonzalez went supernova for CORE Butte, getting ten digs and eight aces. The dominant performance gave Gonzalez a new career-high in aces. Another player making a difference was Zoe Newton, who had six digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: CORE Butte was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
CORE Butte pushed their record up to 13-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Chester, their loss dropped their record down to 6-16.
CORE Butte has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Hayfork on the 16th. As for Chester, they will venture away from home to challenge Los Molinos at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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