East Central hasn't had much luck against Canyon recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The East Central Hornets will challenge the Canyon Cougars at 6:00 p.m.
East Central lost 3-0 to San Marcos on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Hornets have suffered against the Rattlers since September 13, 2019.
East Central was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-15.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Canyon, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They won by a set and slipped past Clemens 3-2.
Canyon had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21, 15-10.
This is the second loss in a row for East Central and nudges their season record down to 17-19. As for Canyon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-13 record this season.
East Central suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Canyon in their previous meeting back in September. Can East Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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