Merrillville hasn't had much luck against Crown Point recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Merrillville Pirates will welcome the Crown Point Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.
Merrillville is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Chesterton.
After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 25-11, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Crown Point waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Wolves as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Crown Point was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-11, 25-14.
Merrillville's loss dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Crown Point, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-5.
Merrillville suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Crown Point when the teams last played back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crown Point's Cailin Duncan, who had ten aces and 14 assists. Now that Merrillville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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