Port Neches-Groves is 0-10 against Barbers Hill since October of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Port Neches-Groves Indians will venture away from home to challenge the Barbers Hill Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Port Neches-Groves comes in on three and Barbers Hill on 15.
Last Tuesday, everything went Port Neches-Groves' way against Port Arthur Memorial as Port Neches-Groves made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-18, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Barbers Hill made easy work of Beaumont United on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Barbers Hill's got stronger as the match went on, holding Beaumont United to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-9, 25-5.
Barbers Hill can attribute much of their success to Julianne Melancon, who had 22 assists. Melancon is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season.
Barbers Hill couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 51.9% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 22.6% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 36.1%.
Port Neches-Groves has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-16 record this season. As for Barbers Hill, they pushed their record up to 31-13 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Port Neches-Groves might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Barbers Hill in their previous meeting on October 1st. Can Port Neches-Groves avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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