Volleyball Preview: Mineola Yellowjackets vs. Grand Saline Indians
The Mineola Yellowjackets will take on the Grand Saline Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Mineola is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Mineola is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Eustace just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. While the Yellowjackets didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-12 in the first set.
Mineola started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Grand Saline hadn't done well against Edgewood recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Grand Saline walked away with a 3-1 win over Edgewood.
In the three sets Grand Saline was on fire: they won each by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 24-26, 25-13.
Mineola's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-11. As for Grand Saline, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
Mineola took their victory against Grand Saline in their previous meeting on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mineola since the squad 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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