The Center Roughriders will take on the Madisonville Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Center has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Madisonville will arrive with nine straight wins.
Last Tuesday, Center came up short against Palestine and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Madisonville made easy work of Rusk on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Madisonville never let Rusk on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-5, 25-23.
Madisonville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Molly Short led the charge by getting five aces and four digs. Those five aces gave Short a new career-high.
Center's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Madisonville, they pushed their record up to 27-8 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
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