The Benton Rangers will head out to square off against the Fairfield Mules at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Benton will be strutting in after a win while Fairfield will be coming in after a loss.
Benton will bounce into Saturday's matchup after beating Hamilton County, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Rangers won by a set and slipped past the Foxes 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rangers.
In the two sets Benton was on fire: they won each by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 23-25, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Fairfield came up short against Mater Dei on Thursday and fell 2-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Mules in their meetings with the Knights: they've now lost three in a row.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-15.
Fairfield's loss dropped their record down to 21-10. As for Benton, their victory bumped their record up to 20-9.
Benton came out on top in a nail-biter against Fairfield when the teams last played back in October of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Rangers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mules turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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