Bellaire has gone 10-0 against Cesar E. Chavez recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Bellaire Cardinals will square off against the Cesar E. Chavez Lobos at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bellaire has four straight victories, Cesar E. Chavez has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, everything went Bellaire's way against Wisdom as Bellaire made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Bellaire was: they took every set by at least 18 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-3, 25-7, 25-6.
Claire Canon was nothing short of spectacular: she had ten aces and eight digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Leia Lacson, who had eight aces.
Bellaire couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 57.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 15.1% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 35.6%.
Meanwhile, Cesar E. Chavez didn't have quite enough to beat St. Mary's on Saturday and fell 2-1.
Bellaire pushed their record up to 14-9 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Cesar E. Chavez, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Bellaire took their win against Cesar E. Chavez when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bellaire since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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