Santa Rosa is 8-2 against Clayton since November of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Santa Rosa Lions will take on the Clayton Yellowjackets at 5:00 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Santa Rosa is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Tucumcari just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They came up short against the Rattlers, falling 3-0. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Rattlers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Santa Rosa was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-16, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Clayton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Raton.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-15, 25-19.
Santa Rosa's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-12. As for Clayton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-16.
Everything went Santa Rosa's way against Clayton when the teams last played on October 12th, as Santa Rosa made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Rosa since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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