Festus had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the St. Clair Bulldogs out 3-2. This was payback for the Tigers, who suffered a 2-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Festus had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-8.
Leading Festus to victory were Vivian Glaze and Jessie Hawkins. Glaze had seven digs and 21 assists, while Hawkins had 17 digs. Glaze is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Festus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season. As for St. Clair, the defeat snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 17-9-2 record.
Festus didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Jefferson on the 3rd. As for St. Clair, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against Union on the 8th.
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