On Monday, Webb City faced Carl Junction in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Webb City Cardinals walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Carl Junction Bulldogs. That's more bragging rights for the Cardinals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 28-30, 25-9, 29-27, 27-25.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Webb City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaeli Rutledge, who had 20 kills, eight digs, four blocks, and two aces. Rutledge is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 46 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Lenker, who had 13 digs, 12 kills, and two aces.
Webb City pushed their record up to 21-5-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Carl Junction, the loss snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 20-2 record.
Webb City wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Parkview on the 8th. As for Carl Junction, they will head out to take on Marshfield at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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