The Jackson Fighting Indians will challenge the Central Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Jackson will be looking to extend their current 14-game winning streak.
Jackson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Eureka, who was ranked fifth at the time (Jackson was ranked second). The Fighting Indians snuck past the Wildcats with a 3-2 win on Thursday.
Jackson wouldn't go down easily and took Eureka into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 23-25, 25-15, 16-25, 25-21, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Central came up short against Notre Dame on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-17, 25-16.
Jackson will need to focus on slowing down Kayden Kirn, one of several Central players who made an impact when they last played. She had seven digs and six assists. Another player making a difference was Berklee Robison, who had 10 digs and an assist.
Jackson has now won 16 of their last 18 games on the road. That's helped them to a 32-3 record this season. As for Central, they have now lost five of their last six games on the road. That's part of the reason why they have an 11-18-5 record this season.
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