The Bear River Bears were able to grind out a solid victory over the Tooele Buffaloes on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Bear River had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-17.
Emry Evans paced Bear River's offense, picking up 15 kills. Evans got some help from Brynlee Garn and her 29 assists. Kailyn Rice controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Bear River's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Tooele, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.
Bear River and Tooele could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Utah Rankings. The Bears will face off against Ridgeline at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank disadvantage (68 vs. 18). Meanwhile, Tooele (ranked 99th) will meet American Fork (ranked 13th) at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
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