Beardstown has gone 8-0 against Astoria/VIT recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. Beardstown will be strutting in after a win while Astoria/VIT will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, Beardstown had just enough and edged Hamilton out 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Beardstown was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (69-68), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-21, 25-23.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Beardstown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Quigley, who had seven digs and five aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Laetitia Kanda, who had nine kills and seven blocks.
Beardstown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Astoria/VIT was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss dating back to last season. They fell just short of Elmwood by a score of 2-1.
Astoria/VIT started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-13, 25-13.
Beardstown's victory bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Astoria/VIT, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Beardstown was able to grind out a solid win over Astoria/VIT in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, winning 2-0. Does Beardstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Astoria/VIT turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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