The Battle Creek Braves will take on the Kearney Catholic Stars at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Battle Creek had won four straight home games and Jaidyn Smutny did her part to make it five on Saturday. Battle Creek walked away with a 3-1 win over Laurel-Concord-Coleridge thanks in part to Smutny, who had 34 digs and three aces. She has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 21 times she's played.
Battle Creek walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-19, 25-15.
Ella Reeves and Piper Strom were among the main playmakers for Battle Creek as the former had 12 digs and the latter had 19 digs and a kill.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Kearney Catholic sidestepped Chase County for a 3-2 win.
Kearney Catholic took Chase County into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 19-25, 17-15.
Battle Creek's record is now 24-9. As for Kearney Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season.
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