After both having extra time off, the Tonopah Muckers and the Round Mountain Knights will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Tonopah had just enough and edged Beatty out 3-2.
Tonopah was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-13.
Chelsea Gibson was a one-man wrecking crew for Tonopah as she had 17 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Gibson has posted since back in September.
Tonopah was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Round Mountain had already won 16 in a row and they went ahead and made it 17 on Friday. Everything went their way against the Railroaders as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Round Mountain won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-12, 25-22.
Laycii Thibodeaux and Hallee Larsen were among the main playmakers for Round Mountain as the former had 15 digs and the latter had 11 digs, five kills, two blocks, and two aces. Thibodeaux is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bethanee Larsen, who had 13 digs.
Tonopah's win bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Round Mountain, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-3.
Tonopah came up short against Round Mountain when the teams last played last Friday, falling 3-1. Can Tonopah avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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