The Bentonville Tigers will face off against the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bentonville has five straight victories, North Little Rock has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Bentonville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Bentonville West, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Bentonville was ranked fifth). Bentonville walked away with a 3-1 win over Bentonville West on Thursday.
Bentonville 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, 25-19, 25-21, 25-21.
Meanwhile, North Little Rock lost 3-0 to Cabot on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-6, 25-7.
Bentonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for North Little Rock, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.
Bentonville beat North Little Rock 2-0 in their previous matchup back in August of 2021. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bentonville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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