The Bloomfield Cardinals will challenge the Grand Valley Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bloomfield is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Bloomfield finally turned things around against Mathews on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 3-1.
The final score came out to 29-27, 9-25, 25-13, 25-15.
Bloomfield's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sophia Shaffer, who had 38 digs, seven kills, and two aces. The dominant performance gave Shaffer a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Nevaeh Doll, who had 32 digs and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Bloomfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Grand Valley unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chalker.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 25-11.
Bloomfield's record is now 3-6. As for Grand Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Bloomfield has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Grand Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bloomfield suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Grand Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Can Bloomfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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