It was close, but on Wednesday the Maple Grove Crimson sidestepped the Blaine Bengals for a 3-2 win.
Maple Grove had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 18-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-8.
Pengxue Xiong
| 04/02/25 vs Blaine | 4 |
| 05/02/24 vs St. Cloud Tech | 2 |
| 03/31/25 @ Champlin Park | 1 |
| 05/03/24 vs Prior Lake | 1 |
Pengxue Xiong went supernova, getting 16 digs and four aces. Those four aces gave him a new career-high.
Maple Grove's victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Maple Grove will take on rival Robbinsdale Cooper at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Blaine is set to square off against their familiar foe Anoka at 6:00 p.m. on the 21st.
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