The Battle Mountain Longhorns are taking a road trip to challenge the West Wendover Wolverines at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Battle Mountain will be strutting in after a victory while West Wendover will be coming in after a loss.
Battle Mountain is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since September 13th on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Coral Academy of Science - Reno.
Battle Mountain never let Coral Academy of Science - Reno on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-17, 25-23.
Alissa Heinz was the offensive standout of the game as she had six digs, two kills, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Battle Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Wendover lost 3-0 to Pershing County on Saturday. The Wolverines haven't had much luck with the Mustangs recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
West Wendover was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-23, 25-16.
Battle Mountain's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-15. As for West Wendover, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-21.
Battle Mountain was able to grind out a solid win over West Wendover when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Battle Mountain since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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