With a playoff game on the line, Grimsley rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Mallard Creek Mavericks as they made off with a 3-0 win. This was payback for the Whirlies, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Grimsley's got stronger as the match went on, holding Mallard Creek to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-12, 25-11.
Grimsley can attribute much of their success to Sam Cavanaugh, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Cavanaugh has posted since back in September.
Grimsley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 15 consecutive matchups.
Grimsley's victory bumped their record up to 24-5. As for Mallard Creek, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-11.
Grimsley will play host again on Thursday to welcome Weddington, where the match is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Grimsley is facing Weddington at the right time seeing as Weddington is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Mallard Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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