Poth has gone 10-0 against Karnes City recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Poth Pirates will face off against the Karnes City Badgers at 9:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Poth took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Devine. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Pirates as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
One reason for the win was Poth's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Karnes City entered their tilt with Gonzales on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Apaches , sneaking past 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Karnes City got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-18, 10-25, 25-14, 20-25, 15-13.
Karnes City's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Allie Wieding, who had 16 kills, ten digs, four blocks, and four blocks, and Mia Lopez, who had seven aces, four digs, and four digs. The dominant performance gave Lopez a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenna Salyer-Norman, who had six kills, six blocks, and six blocks.
Karnes City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 12.
Poth's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-17. As for Karnes City, their victory bumped their record up to 10-18.
Poth beat Karnes City 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Will Poth repeat their success, or does Karnes City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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