The Germantown Mavericks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Starkville Yellowjackets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Germantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Madison Central, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Germantown was ranked 12th). Germantown put the hurt on Madison Central with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Mavericks have posted against the Jaguars since August 25, 2022.
A big factor in the win was Germantown's feisty defense: they held Madison Central to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-18, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Starkville got the win against Murrah on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-12, 25-18.
Starkville found their leader in underclassman Meredith Zimber, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Zimber a new career-high in aces.
Germantown pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Starkville, their win bumped their record up to 16-8-1.
Germantown was able to grind out a solid victory over Starkville when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. Does Germantown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Starkville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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