The Fall Creek Crickets will square off against the Bloomer Blackhawks at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Fall Creek will be strutting in after a victory while Bloomer will be coming in after a loss.
Fall Creek not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since October 24, 2024 (when they won 3-0). They put the hurt on Thorp with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Crickets in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now won five in a row.
While Fall Creek won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-22, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Bloomer was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Elk Mound. While the Blackhawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mounders 25-17 in the first set.
Bloomer started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14.
Bloomer's loss dropped their record down to 15-13. As for Fall Creek, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 20-13.
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