The Salome Frogs will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Maryvale Prep Matador at 5:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Maryvale Prep is facing Salome at the wrong time: Salome suffered their first home loss of the season last Wednesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell 3-1 to the Rams. The Frogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Salome lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25.
Even though they lost, Salome was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Maryvale Prep's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Antelope by a score of 2-1.
Salome's record is now 4-4. As for Maryvale Prep, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-3.
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