Brazos and Schulenburg are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2017, but not for long. The Brazos Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Schulenburg Shorthorns at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Brazos took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Ganado 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cougars have posted since August 30th.
After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-22, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Schulenburg had just enough and edged Smithville out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Schulenburg took Smithville into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-15, 14-25, 25-11, 15-12.
Avery Helms and Michaela Kollmann were among the main playmakers for Schulenburg as the former had 17 digs and four aces and the latter had 22 digs and two aces. Kollmann has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Schulenburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Brazos' win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 8-20. As for Schulenburg, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season.
Brazos came out on top in a nail-biter against Schulenburg in their previous meeting back in August of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. Does Brazos have another victory up their sleeve, or will Schulenburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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