Sauk Prairie is 7-2 against Vel Phillips Memorial since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Sauk Prairie Eagles will take on the Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Sauk Prairie is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
Sauk Prairie is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wisconsin's top teams: Waunakee, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Sauk Prairie was ranked 18th). Sauk Prairie fell just short of Waunakee by a score of 3-2 last Tuesday. That makes it the first time this season the Eagles have let down their home crowd.
Sauk Prairie wouldn't go down easily and took Waunakee into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 15-13.
Sauk Prairie's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Mackenna Murphy, who had 20 digs, and Alaina Kraemer, who had 13 digs and nine kills.
Even though they lost, Sauk Prairie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Waunakee only served ten.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Vel Phillips Memorial had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Spartans. The win was familiar territory for Vel Phillips Memorial who have now won six matches in a row.
Vel Phillips Memorial had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-12, 25-21, 25-13.
Sauk Prairie's defeat ended a 19-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 25-6. As for Vel Phillips Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8 record this season.
Sauk Prairie took their victory against Vel Phillips Memorial when the teams last played on October 10th by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sauk Prairie since the squad 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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