After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Pymatuning Valley, Grand Valley was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They blew past the Badger Braves 3-0. The victory was some much needed relief for the Mustangs as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-14, 25-21.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Grand Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Rylee Rogers, who hit 68.8% for 27 digs, 11 kills, and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hitting percentage. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayla Stoer, who had seven digs and three aces.
Stoer wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Grand Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Badger only served four.
Badger lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Gabriella Miller, who had 11 digs, six kills, and a block. Miller is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. Kyleigh Hall was another key player, getting eight digs and 11 assists.
Grand Valley's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-5. As for Badger, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Grand Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory vs. Maplewood on the 9th. Badger has also already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Harding on the 9th.
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