Kewaskum has been on the road for seven straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Ripon Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Kewaskum is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Kettle Moraine Lutheran just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 2-0 to the Chargers. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Indians haven't been shut out since back in September.
While Kewaskum ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 20 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-21.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Ripon had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Panthers out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-105) Ripon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 26-28, 15-13.
Kewaskum's defeat dropped their record down to 25-10. As for Ripon, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-23.
Kewaskum was able to grind out a solid win over Ripon in their previous meeting on October 3rd, winning 3-1. Does Kewaskum have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ripon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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