After both having extra time off, the Ponder Lions and the Tatum Eagles will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ponder is looking to tack on another W to their 11-game streak on the road.
Ponder is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Pottsboro.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Ponder took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-13, 25-15.
Ponder was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Tatum had already won 19 in a row and they went ahead and made it 20 on Thursday. They blew past the Mustangs 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Tatum was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-12.
Tatum has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 24 of their last 25 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 40-5 record this season. As for Ponder, their win bumped their record up to 35-5.
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