With a playoff game on the line, Waterloo rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They came out on top against the East Palestine Bulldogs by a score of 3-1. This was payback for the Vikings, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Waterloo had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-9, 25-18, 26-24.
Waterloo was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matchups.
Waterloo is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-13 record this season. As for East Palestine, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season.
As of now, neither Waterloo nor East Palestine have any future games scheduled.
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