The Harlandale Indians will challenge the McCollum Cowboys at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Harlandale sitting on four straight wins and McCollum on five.
On Tuesday, Harlandale was able to grind out a solid victory over Southwest Legacy, taking the game 3-1.
Harlandale had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the nexttwo. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23.
Meanwhile, McCollum had just enough and edged MacArthur out 3-2 on Tuesday.
McCollum took MacArthur into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-18, 18-25, 23-25, 15-11.
Caitlyn Hines and Aubrielle Cano were among the main playmakers for McCollum as the former had nine digs and five aces and the latter had 15 digs, six kills, and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in aces.
McCollum kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 1.9 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 4.4.
Harlandale's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-11. As for McCollum, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Harlandale was able to grind out a solid victory over McCollum in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Will Harlandale repeat their success, or does McCollum have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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