Lady Longhorns seek win over Melrose

link Tucumcari Lady Rattlers’ Maribel Villa hits the volleyball past the Lady Buffaloes’ defender to score a point and keep the lady Rattlers alive in the third set Thursday night against Melrose.

QCS Staff

The (12-1) Logan Lady Longhorns will play a district game Saturday against the (8-3) Melrose Lady Buffaloes, the only team to beat them so far this season.

“Our only loss is to the Buffaloes at our tournament in Logan,” said Robert Young, Lady Longhorns’ head coach.

Young said the team had a great match with the Santa Rosa Lady Lions, beating them in four sets. He said they lost the second set to the Lady Lions after errors in serving gave them an early lead.

“I was proud of how they fought back in the second set,” Young said. “They showed great poise in not giving up and only lost the match by two points.”

Young said the Lady Longhorns have been improving as the season has progressed and is pleased on how they have developed their passing to allow them to set up attacks from any spot on the floor allowing them to set the tempo of the game.

Game time: 4:30 p.m., Saturday at Melrose

The (4-5) Tucumcari Lady Rattlers lost in three set Thursday to the Melrose Lady Buffaloes.

The Lady Buffaloes were aggressive on offense catch the Lady Rattlers out of position.

The Lady Rattlers would rally at different points during the three sets though a serving error or bad pass broke their streak shifting the game back to the Lady Buffaloes.

The Lady Rattlers next game will be Thursday at the Santa Fe Invite.

The (0-6) San Jon Lady Coyotes next game will be at 6 p.m., Saturday at Floyd.

The (1-6) House Cowgirls next game will be at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday at Floyd.