The Alexandria Cardinals will challenge the Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Alexandria sitting on four straight victories and Sartell-St. Stephen on three.
On Tuesday, Alexandria narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Monticello 3-2.
Alexandria took Monticello into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 26-28, 25-17, 16-14.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Sartell-St. Stephen rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Knights.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (101-97) Sartell-St. Stephen actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 14-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-11.
Sartell-St. Stephen's win bumped their record up to 19-12. As for Alexandria, their victory bumped their record up to 12-16.
Alexandria came out on top in a nail-biter against Sartell-St. Stephen when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Sabres have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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