Volleyball Preview: Pine River-Backus Tigers vs. Sebeka Trojans
Pine River-Backus has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Sebeka Trojans at 7:15 p.m.
On Friday, Pine River-Backus came up short against Burnsville and fell 2-0. Considering the last time the Tigers couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Pine River-Backus was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Sebeka entered their tilt with Verndale on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Pirates with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Sebeka was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-10.
Sebeka can attribute much of their success to Ellie Ness, who had 18 digs.
Pine River-Backus' defeat dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Sebeka, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Pine River-Backus skirted past Sebeka 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Pine River-Backus repeat their success, or does Sebeka have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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