Volleyball Recap: Burns Hilanders vs. McLoughlin Pioneers
Burns entered their tilt with McLoughlin on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Everything went their way against the McLoughlin Pioneers as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Hilanders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Burns took every set by at least 15 points. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-5, 25-8.
Burns got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Hayley Smith out in front who had 21 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Rothwell, who had 24 assists.
Burns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in five consecutive matches.
Burns is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 21 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 32-4-3 record this season. As for McLoughlin, they dropped their record down to 11-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Burns will head out to take on Baker at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. McLoughlin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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