The Harding County Ranchers will square off against the Burke Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Harding County comes in on five and Burke on four.
Harding County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lemmon 3-2.
Harding County took Lemmon into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 23-25, 26-28, 25-13, 15-9.
Aspen Vining was nothing short of spectacular: she had 52 digs and three aces.
Harding County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went Burke's way against Avon on Thursday as Burke made off with a 3-0 victory.
Burke walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-10, 25-19, 25-19.
Burke's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Paige Bull, who had nine aces and three blocks. The dominant performance gave Bull a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Sargent, who had seven digs and two aces.
Harding County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-8 record this season. As for Burke, their record now sits at 33-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Harding County has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9 aces per game. However, it's not like Burke struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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