Carnegie Vanguard hasn't had much luck against Bellaire recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Carnegie Vanguard Rhinos are taking a road trip to square off against the Bellaire Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Carnegie Vanguard sitting on ten straight victories and Bellaire on 13.
On Monday, Carnegie Vanguard had just enough and edged Galena Park out 3-2.
Carnegie Vanguard was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-95), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-18, 16-25, 14-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Bellaire got the win against Lamar on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bellaire was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-15.
Bellaire can attribute much of their success to Caitrin Tan, who had seven digs and six aces, and Christine Dimacali, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Tan has posted since back in September of 2023.
Bellaire couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 56.5% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21.8% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 46.3%.
Carnegie Vanguard is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-5 record this season. As for Bellaire, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-9.
Carnegie Vanguard might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Bellaire in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Carnegie Vanguard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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