After losing to Annandale the last time they met, Willmar decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Willmar Cardinals won by a set and slipped past the Annandale Cardinals 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Willmar.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Willmar got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 15-13.
Willmar was led to victory by Hannah Magnuson and Gretchen Volk. Magnuson had nine digs, while Volk had 12 digs, nine kills, and three aces. Volk is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.
Willmar has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Annandale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-4.
Willmar has already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Minnetonka on the 5th. As for Annandale, they will challenge Watertown-Mayer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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