On Thursday, Tucumcari faced West Las Vegas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Tucumcari Rattlers fell just short of the West Las Vegas Dons by a score of 3-2. The Rattlers' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Tucumcari took West Las Vegas into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-15, 16-14.
Tucumcari lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aliyah Marez, who had 16 digs. With that strong performance, Marez is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Nevaeh Montoya, who had 12 digs.
Even though they lost, Tucumcari kept the net locked down and finished the game with 18 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least six blocks in six consecutive matchups.
Having lost for the first time this season, Tucumcari fell to 7-1. As for West Las Vegas, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Tucumcari has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Mora at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Tucumcari is facing Mora at the right time seeing as Mora is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for West Las Vegas, they will challenge Taos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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