After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Marshall, New Glarus was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Waterloo Pirates , sneaking past 3-2. This was payback for the Glarner Knights, who suffered a 3-2 loss the last time these two teams met.
New Glarus took Waterloo into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-19, 26-24, 19-25, 15-11.
Jaycee Dimaggio went supernova for New Glarus, getting 33 digs. With that strong performance, Dimaggio is now averaging an impressive 10.4 digs per game.
New Glarus kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 6.
Waterloo's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Emmy Schulenburg, who had eight digs, and Paytn Hauptli, who had 16 digs and 13 kills. Hauptli has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last four times she's played.
New Glarus' victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Waterloo, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-8.
New Glarus is taking a road trip to take on Wisconsin Heights at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. New Glarus is facing Wisconsin Heights at the right time seeing as Wisconsin Heights is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Waterloo, they will take on Lake Country Lutheran at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Waterloo will also cruise into their next game with the timing on their side: Lake Country Lutheran will have lost three straight heading into Saturday's contest.
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