Volleyball Recap: Grand Island Beats Burke for Their Fifth Straight Victory

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2024, 2:57pm

Volleyball Recap: Grand Island Islanders vs. Burke Bulldogs

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Grand Island had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Burke Bulldogs. The Islanders have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Grand Island took both sets by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-12.

Grand Island can attribute much of their success to Reagan Ashby, who had nine digs and two aces.

She wasn't the only good server: Grand Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.

Grand Island is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Burke, their loss dropped their record down to 7-16.

Grand Island has already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against Bellevue East on the 5th. As for Burke, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat against Columbus on the 5th.

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