Summer Creek is 10-0 against North Shore since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Summer Creek Bulldogs will welcome the North Shore Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Summer Creek has three straight wins, North Shore has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Summer Creek made easy work of Humble and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While Summer Creek won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-15, 25-17.
Summer Creek couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 36%.
Meanwhile, North Shore lost 3-0 to King on Tuesday.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: King scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-18.
Summer Creek's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-17. As for North Shore, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-21.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Summer Creek has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6 aces per game. However, it's not like North Shore struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Summer Creek's way against North Shore in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Summer Creek made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Summer Creek repeat their success, or does North Shore have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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