Olentangy Liberty is 10-0 against Upper Arlington since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Olentangy Liberty Patriots will host the Upper Arlington Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Olentangy Liberty's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Upper Arlington has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Last Thursday, Olentangy Liberty earned a 3-1 victory over Dublin Coffman.
Olentangy Liberty 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 19-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-14.
Olentangy Liberty's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Leah Kille, who had 15 digs and five aces, and Olivia Mulder, who had eight digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Kille a new career-high in aces.
Olentangy Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Upper Arlington came up short against Hilliard Bradley on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Upper Arlington started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14.
Olentangy Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Upper Arlington, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Everything went Olentangy Liberty's way against Upper Arlington in their previous meeting on September 12th, as Olentangy Liberty made off with a 3-0 win. Does Olentangy Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Upper Arlington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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