Bentonville West is 1-9 against Southside since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bentonville West Wolverines will venture away from home to square off against the Southside Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bentonville West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Northside, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Bentonville West was ranked 17th). Bentonville West put the hurt on Northside with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday. While the Wolverines didn't have the best season last year (they finished 14-21-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-14, 25-19.
Trinity Collette and Kate Schofield were among the main playmakers for Bentonville West as the former had 16 digs and three aces and the latter hit 75% for six kills, four digs, and a block. The last time Schofield's hitting percentage was this high was back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Southside put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Northside.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Southside took every set by at least eight points. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-17, 25-13.
Bentonville West's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Southside, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
Bentonville West came up short against Southside in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Bentonville West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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