Hardin has gone 5-0 against Kountze recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Hardin Hornets will square off against the Kountze Lions at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hardin has four straight wins, Kountze has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Hardin was able to grind out a solid victory over Buna, taking the game 3-1.
Hardin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Kountze didn't have quite enough to beat East Chambers on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Kountze took East Chambers into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Hardin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Kountze, their loss dropped their record down to 6-22.
Hardin beat Kountze 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hardin 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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