Conway and Benton are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Conway Wampus Cats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Benton Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Conway sitting on three straight victories and Benton on 15.
Conway is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Bryant, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Conway was ranked fifth). Conway narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Bryant 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Conway got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 20-25, 25-16, 21-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, everything went Benton's way against White Hall on Thursday as Benton made off with a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-7, 25-5, 25-17.
Conway is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Benton, their win was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 28-3-1.
Conway came up short against Benton in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Conway avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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