Eagle Pass continued its roll through District 29-5A and keep its perfect record intact as it swept United, 25-21, 26-24 and 25-23 at United on Tuesday night.
Eagle Pass (12-0, 26-5) took control of the first game with big hits by Aiden Gracia to jump out to a 10-4 lead before United started to rally back and come within two points.
United (9-3, 16-13) fought to the end, but the ball did not roll in its favor as Eagle Pass kept its composure to silent the home crowd and take game one 25-21.
A different and determined United team took the court in the second game where the offense finally got in rhythm to jump all over Eagle Pass.
The United offense started to pick apart the Eagle Pass defense and took a 14-9 lead.
United controlled the game and was within one point to even the series when Eagle Pass scored three straight points to sweep a game from the Lady Longhorns and take a 2-0 lead in the series.
Bad news continued to plague United as an injury to setter Natalie Chavez forced Longoria to attempt a different lineup in the crucial part of the game. Chavez returned midway through the third game ready to rally the team from the brink of defeat.
But United squandered too many scoring opportunities to put the third game away and allowed Eagle Pass to stay close.
United's Ali Sanchez was big down the stretch as she had key kills to give the Lady Longhorns a 21-19 lead, but again, Eagle Pass rallied and burned the Longhorns again to take the sweep.
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