Grand Prairie is 0-9 against Arlington since October of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Grand Prairie Gophers are taking a road trip to take on the Arlington Colts at 6:00 p.m.
Grand Prairie is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 13th straight game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Sam Houston by a score of 3-2. While the Gophers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Texans 25-23 in the first set.
Grand Prairie started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Arlington entered their tilt with Lamar on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Vikings 3-2.
Arlington 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 11-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-13.
Arlington relied on the efforts of Avery Brown, who had six digs and two aces, and Rylin Otto, who had 19 digs and 12 kills. Otto is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 20 games she's played dating back to last season.
Arlington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Grand Prairie's loss dropped their record down to 6-19. As for Arlington, they pushed their record up to 22-16 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Grand Prairie came up short against Arlington in their previous meeting on October 1st, falling 3-1. Can Grand Prairie avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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