Goliad is 6-0 against Nixon-Smiley since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Goliad Tigers will head out to face off against the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Goliad has five straight wins, Nixon-Smiley has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Goliad made easy work of Poth and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Goliad took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-6, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Nixon-Smiley lost 3-0 to Karnes City on Tuesday.
While Nixon-Smiley was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Karnes City's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 25-18.
Goliad is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 24 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-5 record this season. As for Nixon-Smiley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16.
Goliad was able to grind out a solid win over Nixon-Smiley in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Does Goliad have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nixon-Smiley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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