Marlington has gone 10-0 against Carrollton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Marlington Dukes will venture away from home to challenge the Carrollton Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Marlington is looking to tack on another W to their 14-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Marlington made easy work of Alliance and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Marlington was: they took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-8, 25-13.
Cali Young was the offensive standout of the match as she had 32 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 20 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Marlington couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 49.2% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 22.4% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 38.8%.
Meanwhile, Carrollton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Minerva by a score of 3-2.
Carrollton took Minerva into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12.
Marlington's victory bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Carrollton, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Everything went Marlington's way against Carrollton in their previous meeting back in August as Marlington made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marlington 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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