After two games on the road, Safford is heading back home. They will welcome the Tanque Verde Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Safford got the win against Andrada Polytechnic by a conclusive 3-0.
Meanwhile, everything went Tanque Verde's way against Sabino on Tuesday as Tanque Verde made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12, 25-18.
Tanque Verde can attribute much of their success to Brook Savage, who had ten digs and three aces, and Maddy Miller, who had four digs and four aces. That's the most aces Savage has posted since back in September.
Tanque Verde was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive contests.
Safford pushed their record up to 31-9 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Tanque Verde, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season.
Safford was able to grind out a solid win over Tanque Verde when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Safford have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tanque Verde turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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