The Bloom-Carroll Bulldogs will take on the Shawnee Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bloom-Carroll comes in on eight and Shawnee on nine.
Bloom-Carroll is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out St. Francis DeSales 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bulldogs have posted since September 18th.
Bloom-Carroll took St. Francis DeSales into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 28-26, 25-23, 22-25, 15-10.
Sienna Hogue
| 10/25/25 vs St. Francis DeSales | 2 |
| 10/20/25 vs Linden-McKinley | 5 |
| 10/16/25 vs Independence | 5 |
Bloom-Carroll's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sienna Hogue, who had 22 digs and two aces, and Kylynne Sollberger, who had ten digs. Hogue has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
They weren't the only good servers: Bloom-Carroll was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 30 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Shawnee earned a 3-1 victory over Lexington on Wednesday.
Bloom-Carroll's record is now 24-1. As for Shawnee, their record now sits at 20-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Bloom-Carroll has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Shawnee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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