Winfield and Hamilton are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Winfield Pirates will square off against the Hamilton Aggies at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, Winfield came up short against Haleyville and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost seven in a row.
Winfield started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 29-27, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Hamilton had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Bears.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Hamilton took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12.
Hamilton relied on the efforts of Rylee Bozeman, who had six digs and three aces, and Kyra Casey, who had four aces. The dominant performance gave Casey a new career-high in aces.
Winfield's loss dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Hamilton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 20 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season.
Winfield might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Hamilton in their previous meeting back in September. Can Winfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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