Arlington has gone 9-0 against Grand Prairie recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Arlington Colts will be playing in front of their home fans against the Grand Prairie Gophers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Arlington has five straight victories, Grand Prairie has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Arlington narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Lamar 3-2.
Arlington was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-13.
Avery Brown and Rylin Otto were among the main playmakers for Arlington as the former had six digs and two aces and the latter 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 matches.
Meanwhile, Grand Prairie didn't have quite enough to beat Sam Houston on Tuesday and fell 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.
Arlington is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-16 record this season. As for Grand Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 6-19.
Arlington was able to grind out a solid victory over Grand Prairie in their previous meeting on October 1st, winning 3-1. Will Arlington repeat their success, or does Grand Prairie have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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