Plains has gone 8-2 against Ropes recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Plains Cowboys will head out to square off against the Ropes Eagles at 12:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Plains sitting on ten straight victories and Ropes on four.
Last Tuesday, everything went Plains' way against Olton as Plains made off with a 3-0 win.
Plains was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 25-21.
Plains' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aileen Perez, who had three aces and 16 assists, and Zoey Valles, who had 13 digs. The dominant performance gave Perez a new career-high in aces.
Plains kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least ten blocks in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Ropes got the win against Tahoka on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
While Ropes won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-9, 26-24.
Plains is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11 record this season. As for Ropes, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 29-12.
Plains was able to grind out a solid win over Ropes in their previous matchup on October 4th, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ropes' Allye Bandy, who had 20 digs, two kills, and 34 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Plains still be able to contain Bandy? There's only one way to find out.
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