Triad is 0-10 against Mascoutah since April of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The Triad Knights are on the road again to play the Mascoutah Indians at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Triad and Charleston met for a duel on Thursday where Triad prevailed. Triad won by a set and slipped past Charleston 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Triad who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-27, 25-16.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Mascoutah rose to the challenge on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Orphans. The win was nothing new for the Indians as they're now sitting on ten straight.
The victory didn't come easy: Centralia scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-16.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mascoutah to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emma Price, who had three aces and 18 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Benson, who had six digs and 13 assists.
Mascoutah couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.9% of their attack attempts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Centralia only posted a hitting percentage of 15.3%.
Triad is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-16 record this season. As for Mascoutah, they pushed their record up to 30-7 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home.
Triad came up short against Mascoutah in their previous matchup back in October, falling 2-0. Can Triad avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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