Raton is 2-8 against Tucumcari since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Raton Tigers will look to defend their home court against the Tucumcari Rattlers at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Raton challenged Pecos on Thursday. Everything went Raton's way against Pecos as Raton made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Raton's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Pecos between 14 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-17, 25-14.
Raton 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 six aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Tucumcari made easy work of Pecos on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Tucumcari's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Pecos between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Raton has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Tucumcari, their victory bumped their record up to 11-4.
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