Badger/Greenbush-Middle River waltzed into their matchup on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top against the Red Lake Falls Eagles by a score of 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Gators, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-10.
Among those leading the charge was Mya Bennett, who had ten digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last ten matches they've averaged 4.6.
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season. As for Red Lake Falls, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-13 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River will head out to face off against Northern Freeze co-op [Marshall County Central/Tri-County] at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Red Lake Falls, they will venture away from home to square off against Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Red Lake Falls is facing Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal at the right time seeing as Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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