The Bryson Cowboys will challenge Garner at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Back in September, Bryson narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lipan 3-2.
Bryson was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-15, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Garner got the win against Newcastle on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-17.
Garner relied on the efforts of Jenna Hallmark, who had nine aces, seven digs, and a kill, and Tarryn Wakefield, who had ten digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Hallmark a new career-high in aces.
Garner was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matches.
Bryson has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-10 record this season. As for Garner, their victory bumped their record up to 17-12.
Bryson might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Garner in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wakefield, who had 24 digs. Now that Bryson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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