Fort Bend Austin is 9-1 against Fort Bend Clements since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Fort Bend Austin Bulldogs will take on the Fort Bend Clements Rangers at 5:30 p.m. Fort Bend Austin will be looking to keep their 15-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Thursday, Fort Bend Austin beat Fort Bend Elkins 3-1.
Fort Bend Austin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-13.
Fort Bend Austin found their leader in underclassman Nina Paulino, who had 20 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Paulino has posted since back in September.
Fort Bend Austin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Fort Bend Clements and Fort Bend Dulles met for a duel on Thursday where Fort Bend Clements came out on top. Fort Bend Clements blew past Fort Bend Dulles 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rangers.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fort Bend Clements was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-14, 25-8.
Fort Bend Clements can attribute much of their success to Emma Levy, who had 15 digs and two aces. Levy is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Keyun Zhang, who had five digs.
Fort Bend Austin is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-13 record this season. As for Fort Bend Clements, their win bumped their record up to 27-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Fort Bend Austin has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Fort Bend Clements struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Fort Bend Austin took their victory against Fort Bend Clements in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Does Fort Bend Austin have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fort Bend Clements turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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