The Bear River Bruins will take on the Ripon Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bear River will be looking to extend their current 15-game winning streak.
Bear River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Sonora 3-0.
Bear River's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Sonora between 17 and 20 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-17, 25-17.
Bear River 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 58 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Ripon came tearing into Thursday's game with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Diamondbacks as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ripon was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-12, 25-12.
Alayna Sprinkle and Amelia Lara were among the main playmakers for Ripon as the former had seven aces and three digs and the latter had seven digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Sprinkle a new career-high in aces.
Bear River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 21 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-3 record this season. As for Ripon, their record is now 28-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Bear River has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 14.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Ripon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bear River might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Ripon in their previous meeting back in November of 2016. Can Bear River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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