Mesa waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Maricopa Rams. This was payback for the Jackrabbits, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Mesa was: they took both sets by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-10.
Mesa couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.7% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 14.1% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 38.4%.
Mesa pushed their record up to 9-6 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Maricopa, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Northwest Christian the next time they take the court. Maricopa will head out to face Northwest Christian at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Mesa will play them later in the day, at 9:00 a.m.
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