Volleyball Preview: Harlandale Indians vs. Southside Cardinals
Harlandale has gone 10-0 against Southside recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Harlandale Indians will welcome the Southside Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Harlandale lost 3-0 to Southwest on Friday. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Harlandale was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Southwest's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-17, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Southside didn't have quite enough to beat MacArthur on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Cardinals in their matchups with the Brahmas: they've now lost three in a row.
Southside took MacArthur into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 15-10.
Southside might have lost, but man, Gabby Galindo was a machine: she had 20 digs and four aces. Galindo is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last 11 games she's played. Amariee Arellano was another key player, getting 14 digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Southside was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
Harlandale now has a losing record at 17-18. As for Southside, their loss dropped their record down to 11-26.
Everything went Harlandale's way against Southside in their previous matchup back in September, as Harlandale made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Harlandale have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southside turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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