Rice is 0-4 against Grandview since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rice Bulldogs will welcome the Grandview Zebras at 4:30 p.m.
Grandview is facing Rice at the wrong time: Rice suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They came up short against the Bobcats, falling 3-0. The Bulldogs' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-19, 25-20.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Grandview sidestepped China Spring for a 3-2 victory.
Grandview was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (113-102), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 30-28, 18-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Grandview was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Rice's defeat dropped their record down to 16-7. As for Grandview, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Rice suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Grandview when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Can Rice avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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