Fairland hasn't had much luck against Wheelersburg recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Fairland Dragons will face off against the Wheelersburg Pirates at 12:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fairland sitting on eight straight victories and Wheelersburg on 14.
Last Monday, it was close, but Fairland sidestepped Minford for a 3-2 win.
Fairland was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (109-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-21, 28-26, 20-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Wheelersburg made easy work of South Point on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-6, 25-17.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wheelersburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mylee Gleim, who had nine digs.
Wheelersburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive contests.
Fairland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Wheelersburg, their win bumped their record up to 22-2.
Fairland might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Wheelersburg in their previous matchup back in August. Can Fairland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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