The Northside Grizzlies will challenge the Benton Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Bentonville West, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Northside was ranked 15th). Northside skirted past Bentonville West 3-2.
Northside was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-18, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Benton entered their tilt with Lakeside on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Benton never let Lakeside on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-20.
Northside's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-9. As for Benton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3-1 record this season.
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