The Maryvale Prep Matador will take on the Salome Frogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Maryvale Prep is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Antelope just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Rams by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Salome entered their match against Antelope last Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Salome fell 3-1 to Antelope. The Frogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Salome lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25.
Even though they lost, Salome was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive games.
Maryvale Prep's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-3. As for Salome, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
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