The Yuma Outlaws will venture away from home to square off against the Haxtun Fightin' Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Yuma will be strutting in after a win while Haxtun will be coming in after a loss.
Yuma can't be too worried about heading out to take on Haxtun: they just beat Burlington at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Yuma narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Burlington 3-2. The win was some much needed relief for the Outlaws as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Yuma who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Haxtun unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 3-1 to Merino. The Fightin' Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Haxtun started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-10.
Yuma's victory bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Haxtun, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
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