Stow-Munroe Falls is 2-8 against North Royalton since October of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bulldogs will head out to face off against the Bears at 7:30 p.m. Stow-Munroe Falls will be strutting in after a win while North Royalton will be coming in after a defeat.
Stow-Munroe Falls proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Brecksville-Broadview Heights 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bulldogs have posted since September 7, 2024.
Stow-Munroe Falls wouldn't go down easily and took Brecksville-Broadview Heights into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-19, 23-25, 23-25, 16-14.
Sierra Zelenak
| 09/30/25 vs Brecksville-Broadview Heights | 24 |
| 09/18/25 @ Twinsburg | 20 |
| 09/25/25 vs Solon | 17 |
| 09/13/25 @ Lakewood | 16 |
| 08/28/25 vs Hudson | 16 |
Stow-Munroe Falls' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sierra Zelenak, who had 24 assists and ten digs, and Carrie Winkler, who had ten digs and one assist. Those 24 assists gave Zelenak a new career-high.
Stow-Munroe Falls was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 13 aces. They are a perfect 6-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, North Royalton lost 3-0 to Olmsted Falls on Wednesday. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
North Royalton was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-14, 25-10.
North Royalton's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Stow-Munroe Falls, their record now sits at 8-9.
Stow-Munroe Falls might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from North Royalton in their previous meeting back in September. Can the Bulldogs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
