Briggs is 10-0 against Marion-Franklin since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Briggs Bruins will head out on the road to square off against the Marion-Franklin Red Devils at 7:00 p.m.
Briggs is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Madison Christian just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 3-1 to the Eagles. The match marked the Bruins' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Briggs started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 25-15.
Briggs' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kinsey Rife, who had 15 digs, and Nimo Osman, who had 14 digs.
Meanwhile, Marion-Franklin had to endure a 16-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Beechcroft last Monday.
Marion-Franklin took Beechcroft into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-21, 25-16, 27-29, 15-9.
Having lost for the first time this season, Briggs fell to 10-1. As for Marion-Franklin, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Everything went Briggs' way against Marion-Franklin when the teams last played back in August as Briggs made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Briggs since the team 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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