South Iron won the last time they faced Bunker, and things went their way on Thursday too. The South Iron Panthers skirted past the Bunker Eagles 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (99-98) South Iron actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 12-25, 15-6.
Tamiya Burse paced South Iron's offense, picking up 19 kills. Burse got some help from
Lexie Bollinger and her 45 assists.
Payton German controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
When it comes to explaining why Bunker lost, don't look at Maddy Dickerson. Despite the final result, she had 25 digs. With that strong performance, Dickerson is now averaging an impressive 10.6 digs per game.
South Iron has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-15-1 record this season. As for Bunker, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-10-4.
South Iron has already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Bismarck on the 25th. Bunker does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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