The Comfort Bobcats/Deer will look to defend their home court on Friday against the SA S Saints at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Comfort will bounce into Friday's game after beating Blanco, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Comfort walked away with a 3-1 victory over Blanco on Tuesday.
Comfort had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-18.
Comfort found their leader in underclassman Tindall Ahrens, who had 19 kills, 17 digs, and eight aces. The dominant performance gave Ahrens a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Hope Van Geffen, who had 17 digs and 16 kills.
Comfort was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, SA S had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 3-0 win.
While SA S might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Bracken Christian scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-6, 25-12.
SA S can attribute much of their success to Gabriella Enriquez, who had 12 digs.
Comfort has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for SA S, they pushed their record up to 24-6 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
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