The Elk Mound Mounders will head out to challenge the Grantsburg Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Elk Mound is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Arcadia 3-0. The victory was nothing new for the Mounders as they're now sitting on three straight.
Elk Mound walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-20, 25-12, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Grantsburg made easy work of Amery on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The Pirates haven't had any issues with the Warriors recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Grantsburg was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-22, 25-15.
Grantsburg found their leader in freshman Eden Burkman, who had 13 digs and two aces.
Grantsburg was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Grantsburg's victory bumped their record up to 27-6. As for Elk Mound, they now have a winning record of 18-17.
Elk Mound couldn't quite get it done against Grantsburg in their previous meeting back in August of 2021 as they fell 2-0. Can the Mounders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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