The Beavercreek Beavers are taking a road trip to square off against the Upper Arlington Golden Bears at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, Beavercreek didn't have quite enough to beat Fairmont and fell 3-2. The Beavers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Beavercreek lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 20-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-12.
Harrison Barnett
| 04/03/25 vs Fairmont | 25 |
| 03/29/25 vs Olentangy Berlin | 9 |
| 03/29/25 @ Pickerington North | 12 |
| 03/22/25 @ St. Ignatius | 8 |
| 03/22/25 vs Dublin Jerome | 13 |
| + 4 more games |
Beavercreek's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Harrison Barnett, who had 25 assists and 11 digs, and Sebastian Pacheco, who had 19 digs and four assists. With that strong performance, Barnett is now averaging an impressive 12.3 assists per game. Tyler Jones also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.
Meanwhile, Upper Arlington had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Pioneers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Upper Arlington not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Olentangy Orange between 18 and 21 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-18, 25-21.
Upper Arlington's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Beavercreek, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-5.
Beavercreek couldn't quite get it done against Upper Arlington in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 3-1. Can the Beavers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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