The Pleasant Hope Pirates will venture away from home to take on the Greenfield Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Pleasant Hope will be strutting in after a victory while Greenfield will be coming in after a loss.
Last Monday, Pleasant Hope earned a 3-1 win over Conway.
Pleasant Hope had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 27-29, 25-16, 25-23, 25-22.
Pleasant Hope can attribute much of their success to Loraine Arciniegas, who had 22 digs. Arciniegas is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 20 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Greenfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Jasper, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-16.
Pleasant Hope's victory bumped their record up to 11-7-2. As for Greenfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10-1.
Pleasant Hope took their win against Greenfield in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Hope since the team 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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