The Nooksack Valley Pioneers will venture away from home to face off against the Anacortes Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Anacortes is hoping to do what Mount Vernon couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Nooksack Valley's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Nooksack Valley's way against Mount Vernon as Nooksack Valley made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Anacortes made easy work of Blaine on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Seahawks.
Anacortes' not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Blaine between 17 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Anacortes can attribute much of their success to Raely Devries, who had five digs and two aces, and Jenna Baker, who had six digs and two aces. Those two aces gave Devries a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Anacortes was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in six consecutive matchups.
Nooksack Valley's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for Anacortes, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season.
Nooksack Valley came up short against Anacortes in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Nooksack Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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