Goliad is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Karnes City is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Goliad Tigers will host the Karnes City Badgers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Goliad got the win against Stockdale by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Goliad took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-14, 25-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Karnes City's way against Luling on Tuesday as Karnes City made off with a 3-0 victory.
Karnes City never let Luling on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-14, 25-23.
Karnes City got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Sophia Orosco out in front who had eight kills, three aces, and a block. That's the most aces Orosco has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Lopez, who had two kills and 18 assists.
Karnes City kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in four consecutive matches.
Goliad has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 31-5 record this season. As for Karnes City, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-21.
Goliad took their win against Karnes City in their previous meeting on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. Will Goliad repeat their success, or does Karnes City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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