The Bridgeland Bears will challenge the Grand Oaks Grizzlies at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Bridgeland is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Bridgeland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Tomball Memorial by a score of 3-1.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 26-24, 26-24, 20-25, 26-24.
Alexis Couch went supernova for Bridgeland, getting 19 digs.
If Nimitz wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Grand Oaks, they should've done a better job of containing Samantha Sampson. Everything went Grand Oaks' way against Nimitz on Monday as Grand Oaks made off with a 3-0 victory thanks in part to Sampson, who had four aces and three digs. She has been hot for a while, having also posted 12 or more assists the last 35 times she's played.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grand Oaks was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-4, 25-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Grand Oaks to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cali Reece, who had 11 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Flessas, who had five digs and three aces.
Grand Oaks was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Bridgeland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-13 record this season. As for Grand Oaks, their record now sits at 37-7.
Bridgeland might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Grand Oaks in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Bridgeland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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