Eureka has won four straight games at home, while Jackson has won four straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Eureka Wildcats will welcome the Jackson Fighting Indians at 5:45 p.m.
Eureka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Eureka was ranked 24th). Eureka fell 2-0 to Liberty on Saturday.
Eureka was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Jackson posted their biggest victory since October 2nd on Monday. They blew past Fox 3-0.
While Jackson might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Fox scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-11, 25-16.
Jackson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven contests.
Eureka's defeat dropped their record down to 19-13. As for Jackson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-6 record this season.
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