The Ponderosa Bruins will head out on the road to face off against the Christian Brothers Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
While Ponderosa's win against Bella Vista wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Bruins narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Broncos 3-2. The Bruins haven't had any issues with the Broncos recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Ponderosa wouldn't go down easily and took Bella Vista into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Christian Brothers, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They won by a set and slipped past Woodcreek 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Christian Brothers who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-13.
Christian Brothers is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Ponderosa, the victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 8-11.
Ponderosa suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Christian Brothers in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Bruins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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