Brimfield is 0-9 against Illini Bluffs since September of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Brimfield Indians will square off against the Illini Bluffs Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Brimfield sitting on three straight victories and Illini Bluffs on six.
Last Monday, it was close, but Brimfield sidestepped Farmington for a 2-1 win.
Brimfield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 25-21.
Kylie Frail was nothing short of spectacular: she had ten digs and two aces. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Brimfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Illini Bluffs had just enough and edged Olympia out 2-1 on Saturday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Illini Bluffs who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 22-25, 15-10.
Brimfield's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-1. As for Illini Bluffs, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Brimfield came up short against Illini Bluffs when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Brimfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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