The Foster Falcons will face off against the Alief Elsik Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Alief Elsik took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Foster, who comes in off a win.
Foster will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating George Ranch, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Foster skirted past George Ranch 3-2.
Foster wouldn't go down easily and took George Ranch into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-20, 22-25, 18-25, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Alief Elsik was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Alief Taylor.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-9.
Foster has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-9 record this season. As for Alief Elsik, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-20.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: Foster has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Alief Elsik struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Foster took their win against Alief Elsik in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. Will Foster repeat their success, or does Alief Elsik have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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