Elk River has won three straight games at home, while Anoka has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Elks will welcome the Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Wednesday.
Elk River is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Blaine, who was ranked 12th at the time (Elk River was ranked sixth). The Elks blew past the Bengals 3-0 on Wednesday. The Elks not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 10th (when they won 3-0).
One reason for the win was Elk River's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Anoka got the win against Irondale on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-14, 25-17.
Anoka is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. As for Elk River, their victory bumped their record up to 10-6.
Elk River couldn't quite get it done against Anoka in their previous matchup back in April as they fell 2-0. Can the Elks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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