The Benton Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Bentonville Tigers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Benton is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Benton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Lake Hamilton, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Benton was ranked first). Benton blew past Lake Hamilton 3-0 on Thursday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Benton took every set by at least 25 points. The final score came out to 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Meanwhile, Bentonville entered their tilt with Northside on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Grizzlies as they made off with a 3-0 win.
While Bentonville won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-18.
Benton's victory bumped their record up to 9-1-1. As for Bentonville, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
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