Amherst has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons challenges the Menominee Indian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Amherst will head out to face Menominee Indian after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Amherst fell just short of Pacelli by a score of 3-2. The Falcons' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Amherst actually scored more points across those five sets (100-96), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 8-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 15-10.
Kayla Cullen put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had nine digs and 19 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Amherst was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, Menominee Indian was able to grind out a solid win over Shiocton on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 26-24, 16-25, 26-24.
Amherst's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 17-9. As for Menominee Indian, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Amherst was able to grind out a solid victory over Menominee Indian when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Amherst repeat their success, or does Menominee Indian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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