The Madison Central Jaguars are on the road again on Thursday to play the Germantown Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Madison Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Tupelo, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Madison Central was ranked 16th). Madison Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Tupelo on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Madison Central took Tupelo into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-16, 19-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8.
Anna Hinman was the offensive standout of the contest as she had 12 digs and 17 assists. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 8.2 assists per game.
Meanwhile, Germantown waltzed into their matchup last Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Golden Wave.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-18, 20-25, 28-26.
Madison Central is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Germantown, they pushed their record up to 9-6 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Madison Central came up short against Germantown in their previous meeting back in August, falling 3-1. Can Madison Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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