Bentonville West is 2-8 against Bentonville since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wolverines will head out to face off against the Tigers at 6:30 p.m.
Bentonville West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Har-Ber, who was ranked 12th at the time (Bentonville West was ranked seventh). The Wolverines took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats on Tuesday.
While Bentonville West had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23, 15-25, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Bentonville entered their tilt with Fayetteville on Tuesday with 15 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 16. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 3-0 win. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since September 26, 2023, but that streak is no more.
While Bentonville won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-22, 25-19.
Bentonville's victory bumped their record up to 30-2. As for Bentonville West, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-11.
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