After both having extra time off, the Marion Local Flyers and the Wayne Trace Raiders will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Marion Local came up short against Versailles on Thursday, falling 3-0. The loss continues a trend for the Flyers in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost five in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-18, 25-17.
Despite the defeat, Marion Local had strong showings from Emersyn Mescher, who had five digs and two aces, and Sophie Salazar, who had eight assists and six digs.
Meanwhile, Wayne Trace posted their closest win since September 6th on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Ayersville 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Wayne Trace took Ayersville into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-11, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Marion Local's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Wayne Trace, the win got them back to even at 11-11.
Marion Local took their victory against Wayne Trace when the teams last played back in October of 2017 by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Flyers 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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