Hull-Daisetta has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Burkeville Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Friday, Hull-Daisetta didn't have quite enough to beat High Island and fell 3-2.
Hull-Daisetta took High Island into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 16-25, 20-25, 25-13, 15-6.
Despite the defeat, Hull-Daisetta had strong showings from Jenna Fregia, who had 13 digs, and Riley Arceneaux, who had six kills and four aces. The dominant performance gave Arceneaux a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Hull-Daisetta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 8.5.
Meanwhile, Burkeville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Spurger.
Burkeville started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-10.
Hull-Daisetta dropped their record down to 1-12 with the defeat, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Burkeville, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything went Hull-Daisetta's way against Burkeville in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, as Hull-Daisetta made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hull-Daisetta since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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