Roxana has gone 10-0 against Southwestern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Roxana Shells' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Roxana came up short against Salem and fell 2-0.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Salem scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Southwestern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pana.
Southwestern was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-20, 27-25.
Roxana's loss dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Southwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
Roxana came out on top in a nail-biter against Southwestern in their previous matchup back in August, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southwestern's Maddy Fenstermaker, who had 30 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Roxana still be able to contain Fenstermaker? There's only one way to find out.
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