The Sioux Valley Cossacks will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Garretson Blue Dragons at 7:15 p.m.
Sioux Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Chester, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Sioux Valley was ranked 20th). Sioux Valley lost 3-0 to Chester on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Cossacks have suffered since September 12th.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Chester scored at least 19 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-23, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Garretson made easy work of West Central on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blue Dragons.
Garretson never let West Central on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-9, 25-20.
Sioux Valley's loss dropped their record down to 19-5. As for Garretson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Sioux Valley beat Garretson 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Sioux Valley repeat their success, or does Garretson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
