Volleyball Preview: Bottineau Braves/Stars vs. Towner-Granville-Upham Titans
The Bottineau Braves/Stars will face off against the Towner-Granville-Upham Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Towner-Granville-Upham is hoping to do what Velva couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Bottineau's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Bottineau came out on top in a nail-biter against Velva , sneaking past 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Bottineau got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 22-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Towner-Granville-Upham took care of business in their home opener on Thursday (barely). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Velva.
Towner-Granville-Upham had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 16-25, 25-19, 26-24, 15-10.
Bottineau's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Towner-Granville-Upham, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Bottineau might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Towner-Granville-Upham when the teams last played back in November of 2019. Can Bottineau avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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