The Blanco Panthers will face off against the Holliday Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Blanco comes in on eight and Holliday on ten.
Blanco is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Clyde 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-108) Blanco actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-22, 27-25, 20-25, 15-12.
Blanco can attribute much of their success to Lillie Smith, who had 27 digs, and Carleigh Dotson, who had nine digs and three aces. Smith has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more digs the last four times she's played.
Meanwhile, everything went Holliday's way against Millsap on Tuesday as Holliday made off with a 3-0 victory.
Holliday not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Millsap between 14 and 16 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-15.
Holliday is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Blanco, they pushed their record up to 20-18 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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