The Pleasant Hope Pirates will challenge the Crane Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pleasant Hope took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Stockton.
Pleasant Hope never let Stockton on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 27-25, 25-12.
Loraine Arciniegas had an outrageously good game as she had 17 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last seven matches.
Meanwhile, Crane entered their tilt with Southwest on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-18.
Pleasant Hope is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8-2 record this season. As for Crane, their win bumped their record up to 7-11.
Pleasant Hope was able to grind out a solid victory over Crane in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, winning 2-0. Does Pleasant Hope have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crane turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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