Volleyball Preview: Nederland Bulldogs vs. Port Arthur Memorial Titans
Nederland is 10-0 against Port Arthur Memorial since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Nederland Bulldogs will head out to challenge the Port Arthur Memorial Titans at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nederland has five straight victories, Port Arthur Memorial has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, everything went Nederland's way against Sterling as Nederland made off with a 3-0 win.
Nederland's got stronger as the match went on, holding Sterling to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-6.
Nederland relied on the efforts of Emmy Chambless, who had nine digs, and Uriah Buckley, who had five digs and two aces. Buckley is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Nederland 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 nine aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Port Arthur Memorial lost 3-0 to Port Neches-Groves on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-18, 25-11.
Nederland's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-19. As for Port Arthur Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 8-18.
Nederland took their win against Port Arthur Memorial in their previous matchup on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nederland 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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