Gregory-Portland has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will challenge the Tuloso-Midway Warriors & Cherokees at 5:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
If Alice wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Gregory-Portland, they should've done a better job of containing Kalli Rowe. Gregory-Portland put the hurt on Alice with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday thanks in part to Rowe, who had six aces and four digs. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Gregory-Portland never let Alice on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 30-28, 25-5, 25-14.
Gregory-Portland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Tuloso-Midway made easy work of King on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors & Cherokees.
Tuloso-Midway's got stronger as the match went on, holding King to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-14, 25-13.
Tuloso-Midway can attribute much of their success to Laney Soza, who had 15 digs.
Gregory-Portland is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-18 record this season. As for Tuloso-Midway, their record is now 24-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Gregory-Portland has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Tuloso-Midway struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Gregory-Portland came up short against Tuloso-Midway in their previous meeting back in August, falling 3-1. Can Gregory-Portland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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