The Valley Heights Mustangs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Marion Warriors at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Monday, Valley Heights beat Hillsboro 2-0.
Valley Heights never let Hillsboro on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-23.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Marion rose to the challenge on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (71-67) Marion actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 26-24, 16-25, 25-22.
Valley Heights pushed their record up to 27-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Marion, their win ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 17-19.
Valley Heights beat Marion 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2020. Will Valley Heights repeat their success, or does Marion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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