Steeleville has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Marissa/Coulterville Meteors at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, Steeleville had just enough and edged New Athens out 2-1.
Steeleville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Marissa/Coulterville hadn't done well against Valmeyer recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Marissa/Coulterville won by a set and slipped past Valmeyer 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Marissa/Coulterville who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 20-25, 25-18.
Marissa/Coulterville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last nine matches.
Steeleville's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-9. As for Marissa/Coulterville, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season.
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