On Thursday Minster will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the New Bremen Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Minster is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since August 22nd on Monday. They blew past Graham Local 3-0.
The victory didn't come easy: Graham Local scored at least 16 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-4, 25-7.
Minster can attribute much of their success to Lauren Tyler, who had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces Tyler has posted in her last nine matchups.
Minster was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went New Bremen's way against Arcanum on Monday as New Bremen made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-18, 25-13.
Minster pushed their record up to 9-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for New Bremen, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Minster has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.3 aces per game. However, it's not like New Bremen struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Minster suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to New Bremen when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Minster avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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