After four games on the road, Marion is heading back home. They will take on the Nettleton Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Marion is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Cabot, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Marion was ranked seventh). Marion took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cabot on Saturday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Nettleton suffered their biggest defeat since September 19th on Monday. They lost 3-0 to Wynne. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Yellowjackets recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Nettleton was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-12.
Even though they lost, Nettleton kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted in their last 11 matchups.
Marion's loss dropped their record down to 15-4-1. As for Nettleton, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11-1.
Everything went Marion's way against Nettleton in their previous matchup back in September, as Marion made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Marion have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nettleton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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