New Bremen has gone 8-2 against Fort Loramie recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The New Bremen Cardinals will take on the Fort Loramie Redskins at 11:00 a.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as New Bremen comes in on eight and Fort Loramie on 12.
New Bremen is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Marion Local, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (New Bremen was ranked 13th). New Bremen walked away with a 3-1 victory over Marion Local on Thursday.
New Bremen was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 30-28, 25-19.
New Bremen can attribute much of their success to Sarah Dwenger, who had 11 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: New Bremen was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Fort Loramie's way against Botkins on Thursday as Fort Loramie made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fort Loramie was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-10, 25-13.
New Bremen pushed their record up to 12-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Fort Loramie, their record now sits at 14-1.
New Bremen was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Loramie in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Bremen 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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