The Hettinger/Scranton Black Devils will challenge the Harding County Ranchers at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Hettinger/Scranton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Faith, who was ranked 14th at the time (Hettinger/Scranton was ranked 21st). Hettinger/Scranton took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Faith on Tuesday.
Hettinger/Scranton started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Harding County waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Moguls.
After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 25-14.
Harding County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Hettinger/Scranton's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Harding County, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Hettinger/Scranton came up short against Harding County when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Will Hettinger/Scranton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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