The Ysleta Indians have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Clint Lions at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Ysleta made easy work of San Elizario and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ysleta was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-11, 25-12.
Ysleta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Clint had to endure an 11-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Riverside on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (100-92) Clint actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-19, 13-25, 14-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Clint's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Flor Medina, who had 11 digs, and Kayla Luna, who had nine digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Luna a new career-high in aces.
Ysleta pushed their record up to 19-13 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Clint, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-18.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Ysleta has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Clint struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Ysleta was able to grind out a solid win over Clint when the teams last played on October 4th, winning 3-1. Does Ysleta have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clint turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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