South Grand Prairie is 10-0 against Sam Houston since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Grand Prairie Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Sam Houston Texans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, everything went South Grand Prairie's way against Bowie as South Grand Prairie made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: South Grand Prairie took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 25-3.
South Grand Prairie relied on the efforts of Savannah Garcia, who had five digs and three aces, and Gianna Ramos, who had 12 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Garcia has posted since back in August.
South Grand Prairie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Sam Houston hadn't done well against Haltom recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Sam Houston had just enough and edged Haltom out 3-2.
Sam Houston had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 8-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-20, 15-8.
Margaret Liekar was nothing short of spectacular: she had 18 digs and three aces.
South Grand Prairie is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-13 record this season. As for Sam Houston, their record is now 15-13.
South Grand Prairie beat Sam Houston 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Grand Prairie since the squad 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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