Tracy hasn't had much luck against St. Mary recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Tracy Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the St. Mary's Rams at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Tracy's way against Lincoln as Tracy made off with a 3-0 victory.
Tracy never let Lincoln on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-14, 25-22.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tracy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gurnaaz Joura, who had nine digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Precious Talavera, who had eight digs.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past the Wolfpack 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant St. Mary's was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-11, 25-12.
Bella Gutierrez was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Mary's as she had eight digs and five aces. Another player making a difference was Ava Miller, who had 18 assists.
The win got Tracy back to even at 13-13. As for St. Mary's, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Tracy has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.7 aces per game. However, it's not like St. Mary's struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Tracy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from St. Mary's in their previous matchup on October 1st. Can Tracy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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