Aurora Central came into Saturday's contest having lost 16 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They skirted past the Jefferson Saints 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Aurora Central who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 21-25, 15-13.
Aurora Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 9.2.
Aurora Central's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-10. As for Jefferson, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-11.
Aurora Central is on the road again on Thursday to play Hinkley at 6:30 p.m. As for Jefferson, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat vs. Kennedy on the 16th.
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