Volleyball Preview: Southlake Carroll Dragons vs. Keller Indians
Southlake Carroll is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Keller is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Southlake Carroll Dragons will welcome the Keller Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Southlake Carroll earned a 3-1 victory over Timber Creek.
Southlake Carroll had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-12.
Meanwhile, everything went Keller's way against Bell on Friday as Keller made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Keller was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-10, 25-13.
Keller's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sydney Clark led the charge by getting nine aces and five digs. The dominant performance gave Clark a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Roberts, who had five digs and 21 assists.
Keller was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bell only served three.
Southlake Carroll has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Keller, their victory bumped their record up to 22-3.
Southlake Carroll came up short against Keller in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Keller's Lauren Scheiden, who had 17 digs and ten assists. Now that Southlake Carroll knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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