Wheelersburg is 4-0 against Fairland since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Wheelersburg Pirates will square off against the Fairland Dragons at 12:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Wheelersburg sitting on 14 straight wins and Fairland on eight.
Last Monday, Wheelersburg made easy work of South Point and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-6, 25-17.
Wheelersburg's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was 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 games.
Meanwhile, Fairland had just enough and edged Minford out 3-2 on Monday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-104) Fairland actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-21, 28-26, 20-25, 15-12.
Wheelersburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season. As for Fairland, their victory bumped their record up to 19-5.
Wheelersburg took their win against Fairland when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wheelersburg since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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