The Benton Panthers will take on the Brookland Bearcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Benton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Bentonville, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Benton was ranked first). Benton fell just short of Bentonville by a score of 3-2 on Saturday.
Benton took Bentonville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 13-25, 25-11, 15-25, 25-18, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Brookland had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Bearcats have posted since September 5th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Brookland was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 25-9.
Benton's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2-1. As for Brookland, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Benton was able to grind out a solid win over Brookland in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Benton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brookland turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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