Texico faced Portales in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Wolverines lost 3-0 to the Rams. The Wolverines haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Texico was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Portales work for it, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-17, 26-24.
Kinzee Crow paced Texico's offense, picking up 17 kills. Crow got some help from Kailie Wieland and her 20 assists. Crow was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Texico's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Portales, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Texico didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-1 defeat against Melrose on the 27th. As for Portales, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Goddard on the 27th.
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