Bellaire has won eight straight games at home, while Carnegie Vanguard has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Bellaire Cardinals will welcome the Carnegie Vanguard Rhinos at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Bellaire's way against Lamar as Bellaire made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bellaire was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-15.
Bellaire had a senior duo take command as Caitrin Tan had seven digs and six aces and Christine Dimacali had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Tan has posted since back in September of 2023.
Bellaire couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 56.5% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21.8% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 46.3%.
Meanwhile, Carnegie Vanguard sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Galena Park on Monday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-95) Carnegie Vanguard actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-18, 16-25, 14-25, 15-12.
Bellaire is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 23-9 record this season. As for Carnegie Vanguard, their victory bumped their record up to 26-5.
Everything went Bellaire's way against Carnegie Vanguard in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Bellaire made off with a 3-0 win. Does Bellaire have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carnegie Vanguard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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