Idaho Falls is 8-2 against Skyline since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Idaho Falls Tigers will host the Skyline Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Idaho Falls has four straight victories, Skyline has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Idaho Falls sidestepped Blackfoot for a 3-2 win.
Idaho Falls had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 24-26, 25-15, 25-15, 15-12.
Idaho Falls can attribute much of their success to Addison Bowen, who had 11 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Bowen has posted in her last 13 contests.
Idaho Falls 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 six aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Skyline came up short against Hillcrest on Thursday and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-16, 23-25, 25-18.
Idaho Falls is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8-1 record this season. As for Skyline, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Everything went Idaho Falls' way against Skyline in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Idaho Falls made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Idaho Falls have another victory up their sleeve, or will Skyline turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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