Grafton has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to take on the Park River/Fordville-Lankin Aggies at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Grafton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Dakota's top teams: Hillsboro/Central Valley, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Grafton was ranked tenth). Grafton put the hurt on Hillsboro/Central Valley with a sharp 3-0 victory on Friday.
Grafton was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-15, 25-21.
Among those leading the charge was Laila Miller, who had 11 digs.
Meanwhile, everything went Park River/Fordville-Lankin's way against Cavalier on Tuesday as Park River/Fordville-Lankin made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Aggies.
Grafton is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 24-5-3 record this season. As for Park River/Fordville-Lankin, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-7-2.
Grafton took their win against Park River/Fordville-Lankin when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grafton since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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