Atascocita is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Kingwood is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Atascocita Eagles will welcome the Kingwood Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
On Tuesday, everything went Atascocita's way against Humble as Atascocita made off with a 3-0 win.
While Atascocita won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-10, 25-14.
Atascocita can attribute much of their success to Emily Olano, who had nine digs.
Atascocita couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 47.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.1% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 37.9%.
Meanwhile, Kingwood got the win against North Shore on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Kingwood never let North Shore on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 29-27, 25-19.
Atascocita is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a massive bump to their 21-11 record this season. As for Kingwood, the victory got them back to even at 17-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Atascocita has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Kingwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Atascocita was able to grind out a solid win over Kingwood in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Kingwood's Julianna Kiliddjian, who had 32 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Atascocita still be able to contain Kiliddjian? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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