Volleyball Recap: Middleton Cardinals vs. Blair-Taylor Wildcats
Middleton came tearing into Saturday's contest with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Blair-Taylor Wildcats out 2-1. The Cardinals have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Middleton who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 23-25, 15-7.
Middleton can attribute much of their success to Elyssa Ross, who had six digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Middleton 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 games they've averaged 13.8.
Middleton's victory bumped their record up to 15-2. As for Blair-Taylor, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-10.
Middleton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win vs. Stanley-Boyd on the 21st. Blair-Taylor has also already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Prairie du Chien on the 21st.
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