With a playoff game on the line, Salinas rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Homestead Mustangs. The Cowboys are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 12 straight.
Salinas had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-11.
Jennifer Rivera paced Salinas' offense, picking up 16 kills. Rivera got some help from
Cadee Guzman and her 43 assists. Rivera was also a major player on defense: she and
Mackenzie O?Hara shared the team lead in blocks, finishing with three each.
Salinas is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-10 record this season. As for Homestead, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 27-9 record.
Salinas didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Vista del Lago on the 12th. Homestead has also already played their next match, a 3-1 defeat against Del Oro on the 12th.
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