Volleyball Preview: Flambeau Falcons vs. Bruce Red Raiders
The Flambeau Falcons will venture away from home to challenge the Bruce Red Raiders at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Flambeau will be strutting in after a win while Bruce will be coming in after a defeat.
Flambeau took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Birchwood out 3-2.
In the three sets Flambeau was on fire: they won each by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 15-25, 25-14, 22-25, 15-3.
Reya Frafjord and Ella Groothousen were among the main playmakers for Flambeau as the former had ten digs and eight aces and the latter had eight aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave Frafjord a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Bruce was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 20th straight loss dating back to last season. They fell 2-0 to Rhinelander.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16.
Flambeau's victory bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Bruce, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.
Everything went Flambeau's way against Bruce when the teams last played back in September, as Flambeau made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Flambeau since the team 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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