Brodhead has gone 8-2 against Big Foot recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Brodhead Cardinals will head out to take on the Big Foot Chiefs at 6:30 p.m. Brodhead is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Brodhead is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Edgerton just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crimson Tide. The Cardinals haven't had much luck with the Crimson Tide recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Brodhead 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 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17.
Even though they lost, Brodhead was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Big Foot made easy work of Evansville on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 25-12.
Big Foot's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Annabelle Pearce led the charge by getting seven digs.
Brodhead's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-15. As for Big Foot, their win bumped their record up to 18-12.
Everything went Brodhead's way against Big Foot in their previous matchup back in September, as Brodhead made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Brodhead 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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