The Harlan Hawks will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Alexander Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m.
Harlan is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Dripping Springs.
Harlan had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 12-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-22.
Harlan can attribute much of their success to Isabella De La Rosa, who had six digs and 21 assists. De La Rosa has been hot for a while, having posted 12 or more assists the last 17 times she's played.
Meanwhile, Alexander waltzed into their contest on Thursday with 14 straight wins... but they left with 15. Everything went their way against the Bobcats as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Alexander was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-12, 25-20.
Alexander couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
Harlan is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 38-5 record this season. As for Alexander, they pushed their record up to 32-7 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Harlan came out on top in a nail-biter against Alexander in their previous meeting back in August, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harlan 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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