The Maize Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Emporia Spartans on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Maize turned things around against Haysville Campus on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Colts. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Maize easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Emporia was able to grind out a solid win over Topeka on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Emporia never let Topeka on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 28-26.
Maize's victory bumped their record up to 14-17. As for Emporia, their win bumped their record up to 18-12.
Maize came out on top in a nail-biter against Emporia when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Spartans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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