The Maple Grove Crimson will venture away from home to square off against the Elk River Elks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Maple Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Rogers, who was ranked first at the time (Maple Grove was ranked eighth). The Crimson fell 3-1 to the Royals on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Crimson in their meetings with the Royals: they've now lost three in a row.
The final score came out to 25-10, 18-25, 25-17, 25-15.
Grady Reitmeier
| 05/19/25 vs Rogers | 6 |
| 05/15/25 @ Centennial | 11 |
| 05/14/25 @ Osseo | 5 |
Despite the defeat, Maple Grove had strong showings from Pengxue Xiong, who had six digs and three aces, and Grady Reitmeier, who had six kills. Reitmeier has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Elk River came up short against Park Center on Monday and fell 3-1.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Park Center scored at least 19 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 20-25, 25-19, 25-22.
Maple Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Elk River, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-9 record this season.
Maple Grove couldn't quite get it done against Elk River in their previous matchup back in April as they fell 2-0. Can the Crimson avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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