The Effingham Hearts will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Shelbyville Rams at 7:15 p.m.
Effingham is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Carmi-White County just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Effingham sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 18-25, 20-18.
Meanwhile, Shelbyville had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Cardinals out 2-1.
Shelbyville was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-13, 15-25, 25-15.
Shelbyville can attribute much of their success to Tailyn Hancock, who had ten digs.
Effingham's defeat dropped their record down to 23-7. As for Shelbyville, they pushed their record up to 19-11 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Effingham skirted past Shelbyville 2-1 in their previous matchup last Saturday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Effingham since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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