Bear Lake is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Star Valley. The Bear Lake Bears narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Star Valley Braves 2-1. This was payback for the Bears, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Bear Lake who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 23-25, 15-9.
Bear Lake was led to victory by Emmie Sharp and Saydee Shaul. Sharp had seven digs and two aces, while Shaul had 20 digs. Sharp is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted ten or more in the last 23 games she's played dating back to last season.
When it comes to explaining why Star Valley lost, don't look at Maya Allred. Despite the final result, she had 17 digs.
Bear Lake's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Star Valley, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-13.
Bear Lake will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Century at 11:00 a.m. As for Star Valley, they will challenge Sugar-Salem at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are at an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2019, but likely not for long.
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