The Melrose Buffaloes will head out on the road to face off against the Elida Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Melrose made easy work of Lake Arthur and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Buffaloes.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Melrose was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-13.
Melrose was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Elida waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Broncos.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Elida was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-12, 25-8.
Melrose has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Elida, they pushed their record up to 16-4 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything went Melrose's way against Elida in their previous matchup on October 10th, as Melrose made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Melrose 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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