The El Campo Ricebirds will head out on the road to square off against the La Marque Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
El Campo is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Needville just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bluejays. The Ricebirds haven't had much luck with the Bluejays recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-16, 20-25, 25-19.
Meanwhile, La Marque was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Bay City.
La Marque was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-14, 25-18.
El Campo's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-12. As for La Marque, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.
Everything went El Campo's way against La Marque in their previous meeting back in September, as El Campo made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for El Campo since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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