Friendswood is 9-1 against Santa Fe since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Friendswood's way against Ball as Friendswood made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Friendswood took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-15.
Friendswood can attribute much of their success to Haley Patton, who had ten digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Friendswood 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 13 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 3-0 win.
Santa Fe never let La Porte on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-21, 25-23.
Friendswood pushed their record up to 32-7 with the victory, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Santa Fe, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 20-18 record this season.
Friendswood took their win against Santa Fe in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Friendswood since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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