McDonald County has gone 8-1-1 against East Newton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The McDonald County Mustangs will challenge the East Newton Patriots at 9:00 a.m. McDonald County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 12-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with 14 defeats in a row, McDonald County finally turned things around against Cassville on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Wildcats out 3-2.
McDonald County took Cassville into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-18, 21-25, 17-25, 16-14.
Leslie Velazquez and Cadence Slinkard were among the main playmakers for McDonald County as the former had 20 digs and the latter had ten digs and 11 assists.
Meanwhile, East Newton had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Indians.
In the three sets East Newton was on fire: they won each by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 19-25, 25-9, 25-9.
McDonald County's victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-20. As for East Newton, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-13 record this season.
McDonald County came up short against East Newton in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Newton's Sylvia Larsen, who had 23 digs. Now that McDonald County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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