Burns is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Melba. The Burns Hilanders lost 3-0 to the Melba Mustangs. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Hilanders have suffered since November 3, 2023.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-15, 25-21.
Burns' defeat ended a 22-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-3-2. As for Melba, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-2-1.
Burns didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-1 win vs. Astoria on the 21st. After both having extra time off, Melba and Vision will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Vision is on a three-game streak of home wins, Melba a nine-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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