Volleyball Preview: Harding County Ranchers vs. Bison Cardinals
Harding County has been on the road for six straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. After both having extra time off, they and the Bison Cardinals will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:00 p.m. Harding County will be strutting in after a victory while Bison will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, Harding County made easy work of Hulett and carried off a 3-0 win.
Harding County was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-8, 25-21.
Aspen Vining was a one-man wrecking crew for Harding County as she had 23 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Vining has posted since back in September.
Harding County 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 five aces in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Bison was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Bowman County co-op [Bowman/Rhame]. While the Cardinals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-21 in the first set.
Bison 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 21-25, 25-19, 25-13, 25-19.
Harding County has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8 record this season. As for Bison, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-16.
Harding County was able to grind out a solid victory over Bison in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Does Harding County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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