Harrison is 2-8 against Mountain Home since August of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Goblins are taking a road trip to take on the Bombers at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with nine defeats in a row, Harrison turned things around against Russellville on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Cyclones with a sharp 3-0 win. The Goblins not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since August 26th (when they won 3-0).
The match was exciting from start to finish, as two sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 28-26, 25-19.
Harrison found their leader in sophomore Charli Kolb, who had four digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Mountain Home made easy work of West Memphis on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Mountain Home never let West Memphis on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 25-23.
The win got Mountain Home back to even at 8-8. As for Harrison, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 2-10.
Harrison suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mountain Home in their previous meeting back in August. Can the Goblins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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