Upper Arlington is 0-10 against Olentangy Liberty since October of 2016 but things could change on Tuesday. The Upper Arlington Golden Bears will head out on the road to take on the Olentangy Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
Upper Arlington is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hilliard Bradley.
Upper Arlington started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Olentangy Liberty earned a 3-1 win over Dublin Coffman on Thursday.
Olentangy Liberty had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-14.
Olentangy Liberty's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Leah Kille, who had 15 digs and five aces, and Olivia Mulder, who had eight digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Kille a new career-high in aces.
Olentangy Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive contests.
Upper Arlington's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Olentangy Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Upper Arlington suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Olentangy Liberty in their previous meeting on September 12th. Can Upper Arlington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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