The Hoover Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Crawford Colts at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Hoover saw some tournament action on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against La Jolla Country Day, sneaking past 2-1.
Meanwhile, Crawford hadn't done well against Christian recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Colts won by a set and slipped past the Patriots 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Colts have posted since March 15th.
Crawford had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 9-25, 20-25, 26-24, 28-26, 15-13.
Crawford found their leader in freshman John Brown, who had 20 digs.
Hoover's win bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Crawford, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Hoover might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Crawford in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Cardinals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
