Volleyball Preview: Holcomb Hornets vs. Bernie Mules
The Holcomb Hornets will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Bernie Mules at 6:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Holcomb won the last time they faced North Pemiscot and Ayla Lawrence did her part to make sure it happened again. Holcomb won by a set and slipped past North Pemiscot 3-2 thanks in part to Lawrence, who had six digs and five aces. She has been hot , having posted three or more aces the last five times she's played.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (107-106) Holcomb actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 22-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-11.
Holcomb was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matches.
Clarkton typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Bernie proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Reindeer 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for the Mules who have now won three contests in a row.
Bernie had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 15-25, 25-14, 25-21, 15-9.
Holcomb has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10-1 record this season. As for Bernie, their win bumped their record up to 18-9-3.
Holcomb came up short against Bernie in their previous matchup back in October of 2018, falling 2-0. Can Holcomb avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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