Hanks is 2-7 against Americas since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hanks Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Americas Trail Blazers at 6:35 p.m. Hanks is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Hanks is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering El Dorado just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 3-0 to the Aztecs.
While Hanks was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-23, 25-20.
Americas had won 14 straight games and Miliani A. Reza did her part to make it 15 on Friday. Americas put the hurt on Parkland with a sharp 3-0 win thanks in part to A. Reza, who had 11 digs and nine aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
The victory didn't come easy: Parkland scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-9.
Americas was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 15 consecutive matchups.
Hanks' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-21. As for Americas, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 29 of their last 30 games, which provided a nice bump to their 37-4 record this season.
Hanks might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Americas when the teams last played on October 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Americas' Zoe Zuniga, who had 18 digs and three aces. Now that Hanks 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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