It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons takes on the Shawano Community Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Amherst will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Amherst beat Iola-Scandinavia 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 26-24.
Kayla Cullen went supernova for Amherst, getting 13 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Cullen has posted since back in August of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Claire Lewallen, who had 11 digs.
Amherst was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Shawano Community unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of West De Pere by a score of 3-2.
While Shawano Community ultimately came up short, they really made West De Pere work, particularly in the first set. The final score came out to 28-26, 25-16, 24-26, 12-25, 15-11.
Amherst is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-9 record this season. As for Shawano Community, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-6.
Amherst came up short against Shawano Community in their previous matchup back in September of 2018, falling 2-0. Can Amherst avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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