The El Dorado Aztecs will head out to face off against the Hanks Knights at 6:35 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with El Dorado sitting on three straight victories and Hanks on five.
Last Tuesday, everything went El Dorado's way against Parkland as El Dorado made off with a 3-0 win.
El Dorado was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-20, 25-20.
Penelope Garcia went supernova for El Dorado, getting seven digs, five aces, and two kills. That's the most aces Garcia has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Angelina Mcgriff, who had 12 kills, five digs, two aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: El Dorado was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Hanks sidestepped Del Valle for a 3-2 victory.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Hanks who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-8.
Hanks can attribute much of their success to Sarai Flores, who had 33 digs and a kill, and Ariana Guillen, who had ten digs and four aces. Guillen has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played. Jocelyn Gonzalez was another key player, getting eight digs and 14 assists.
The win got El Dorado back to even at 15-15. As for Hanks, they pushed their record up to 16-20 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: El Dorado has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Hanks struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
El Dorado suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hanks in their previous meeting back in September. Can El Dorado avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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