Amarillo waltzed into their match on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They put the hurt on the Lubbock Westerners with a sharp 3-0 win. That's more bragging rights for the Sandies, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Amarillo took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-7, 25-11.
Leading Amarillo to victory were Ellen Head and Anzley Davis. Head had eight aces and five digs, while Davis had five digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Head a new career-high in aces.
Amarillo was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in nine consecutive contests.
Amarillo pushed their record up to 23-6 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Lubbock, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
Amarillo will be playing in front of their home fans against Tascosa at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Lubbock, they will challenge Lubbock-Cooper at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lubbock-Cooper will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Lubbock surely won't give up without a fight.
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