On Tuesday, Har-Ber faced Bentonville West in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Har-Ber Wildcats narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bentonville West Wolverines 3-2. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wolverines, too.
Har-Ber was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 29-31, 21-25, 25-19, 15-11.
Har-Ber can attribute much of their success to Brooklyn Ware, who had 20 digs.
Defeat or not, Bentonville West got some senior leadership from Trinity Collette and Madeleine Koulavong. Collette had 24 digs, while Koulavong had nine digs and three aces. That's the most aces Koulavong has posted in her last seven matches.
Har-Ber has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11 record this season. As for Bentonville West, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 19-13.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Har-Ber will square off against Rogers Heritage at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Har-Ber is facing Rogers Heritage at the right time seeing as Rogers Heritage is stuck on a 14-game losing streak. As for Bentonville West, they will host Bentonville at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bentonville will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Bentonville West surely won't give up without a fight.
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