Blue Valley won the last time they faced Wakefield, and things went their way on Saturday too. The Blue Valley Rams had just enough and edged the Wakefield Bombers out 2-1.
Blue Valley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-18, 25-16.
Blue Valley's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bralynn Brockman, who had four aces, three digs, and three digs. The dominant performance gave Brockman a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Eve Corkill, who had 12 digs, two aces, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Blue Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2.9 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 5.6.
Blue Valley's victory bumped their record up to 4-12. As for Wakefield, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-12-2.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Clifton-Clyde the next time they take the court. Blue Valley will head out to face Clifton-Clyde at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Wakefield will play them later in the day, at 8:00 a.m.
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