After both having extra time off, the Sweeny Bulldogs and the Rockport-Fulton Pirates will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sweeny is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Sweeny sidestepped El Campo for a 3-2 win.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Sweeny got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 13-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-11.
Sweeny was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Rockport-Fulton lost 3-0 to Calhoun last Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Sandcrabs: they've now lost seven in a row.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-18, 25-11.
Sweeny is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-11 record this season. As for Rockport-Fulton, their loss dropped their record down to 13-22.
Sweeny suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Rockport-Fulton when the teams last played back in November of 2021. Can Sweeny avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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