On Thursday, Mt. Vernon faced New Palestine in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mt. Vernon Marauders came out on top against the New Palestine Dragons by a score of 3-1. The victory was familiar territory for the Marauders who have now won eight matchups in a row.
Mt. Vernon 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 20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.
Leading Mt. Vernon to victory were Aubry Dowling and Makenna Thompson. Dowling had 18 digs, while Thompson had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Thompson a new career-high in aces.
Mt. Vernon 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 11 consecutive games.
Mt. Vernon's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6. As for New Palestine, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-4.
Mt. Vernon will square off against NorthWood at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for New Palestine, they will challenge Greenwood at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New Palestine is facing Greenwood at the right time seeing as Greenwood is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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