Kennedale has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Godley Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but likely not for long.
Last Friday, Kennedale earned a 3-1 victory over Hillsboro.
Kennedale 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 20-25, 25-15, 25-14, 25-23.
Kennedale's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sabrina Mendoza led the charge by getting five aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Mendoza a new career-high in aces.
Kennedale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 11.8.
Meanwhile, Godley entered their tilt with Alvarado on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-23, 22-25, 25-10, 25-16.
Kennedale's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Godley, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-13 record this season.
Kennedale suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Godley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Kennedale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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