It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Tucumcari had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against the Santa Rosa Lions as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Rattlers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Tucumcari never let Santa Rosa on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-16, 25-20.
Tucumcari's offense was headlined by
July Lafferty and
Cambree Benavidez, who picked up ten kills apiece. They got some help from
Caylee Benavidez and her 30 assists. She and Cambree didn't slow down when it came to serving: they led the team with three apiece.
Tucumcari has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Santa Rosa, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-15.
Tucumcari has already played their next game, a 3-2 win against McCurdy on the 15th. Santa Rosa does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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