The McDonald County Mustangs will take on the Seneca Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. McDonald County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 12-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with 14 defeats in a row, McDonald County finally turned things around against Cassville on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Wildcats 3-2.
McDonald County wouldn't go down easily and took Cassville into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-18, 21-25, 17-25, 16-14.
McDonald County's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Leslie Velazquez, who had 20 digs, and Cadence Slinkard, who had ten digs and 11 assists.
McDonald County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight matchups.
Meanwhile, Seneca was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell 3-1 to East Newton.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 19-25, 25-9, 25-9.
McDonald County's victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-20. As for Seneca, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-20-1.
McDonald County beat Seneca 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Does McDonald County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Seneca turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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