Bennington waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They skirted past the Bellevue West Thunderbirds 2-1. This was payback for the Badgers, who suffered a 2-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Bennington was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (73-68), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 14-25, 25-21.
Bennington can attribute much of their success to Evynn Olsen, who had ten digs and two aces. Olsen is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Defeat or not, Bellevue West got some senior leadership from Anna Faiman and Maya Porter. Faiman had 11 digs, while Porter had 12 digs. Those 12 digs set a new season-high mark for Porter.
Bennington's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Bellevue West, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-10 record.
Bennington will head out to take on Hastings at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Bennington is facing Hastings at the right time seeing as Hastings is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Bellevue West, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Papillion-LaVista South at 7:00 p.m.
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