McAllen is 9-1 against Vela since August of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The McAllen Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Vela Sabercats at 12:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with McAllen sitting on three straight wins and Vela on six.
McAllen will bounce into Saturday's matchup after beating Pioneer, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. McAllen walked away with a 3-1 victory over Pioneer on Tuesday.
McAllen walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 24-26, 25-22, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Katelyn Vaden, who had ten digs.
McAllen Memorial typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Vela proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Mustangs 3-2.
Vela took McAllen Memorial into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 17-25, 20-25, 25-16, 20-18.
Ava Tovar had an outrageously good game as she had 21 digs.
Vela 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 11 aces in three consecutive matches.
McAllen pushed their record up to 26-11 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Vela, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-8 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: McAllen has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Vela struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went McAllen's way against Vela in their previous matchup back in September, as McAllen made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for McAllen since the squad 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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