The Rush City Tigers will challenge the North Branch Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rush City is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.
Last Thursday, everything went Rush City's way against Pine City as Rush City made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Rush City took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-15, 25-2.
Meanwhile, North Branch had just enough and edged Maple Grove out 2-1 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day North Branch got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 22-25, 15-13.
Rush City's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-2. As for North Branch, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season.
Rush City took their win against North Branch in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Rush City have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Branch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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