On Friday Brandon Valley will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Sturgis Brown Scoopers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Brandon Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Washington, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Brandon Valley was ranked 23rd). Brandon Valley fell just short of Washington by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Lynx have struggled against the Warriors recently, as their game on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Brandon Valley took Washington into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-20, 25-21, 16-25, 20-18.
Meanwhile, Sturgis Brown came up short against Spearfish on October 8th and fell 3-1. The Scoopers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sturgis Brown started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-15, 25-15, 25-10.
Brandon Valley's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-11. As for Sturgis Brown, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.
Brandon Valley beat Sturgis Brown 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Does Brandon Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sturgis Brown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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