After both having extra time off, the Morrow Mustangs and the McNair Mustangs will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Morrow has 22 straight wins, McNair has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Morrow beat Mays 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Morrow took both sets by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-13.
Morrow can attribute much of their success to Hope White, who had four aces, and Ariel Jackson, who had three digs and three aces. White is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, McNair didn't have quite enough to beat Miller Grove on Thursday and fell 2-1.
McNair took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-17, 15-9.
Morrow pushed their record up to 22-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for McNair, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
Everything went Morrow's way against McNair when the teams last played back in August as Morrow made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morrow since the squad 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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