Russellville hasn't had much luck against Eugene recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Russellville Indians will take on the Eugene Eagles at 10:45 a.m. Russellville will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Russellville will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Tipton, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. Russellville won by a set and slipped past Tipton 3-2.
Russellville took Tipton into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 19-25, 15-7.
Among those leading the charge was Paige Calvird, who had ten digs.
Russellville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 20 aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Eugene came up short against Linn on Tuesday and fell 3-1. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wildcats 25-21 in the first set.
Eugene started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19.
Russellville pushed their record up to 15-10-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Eugene, they now have a losing record at 11-12-1.
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