After three games on the road, Nikiski is heading back home. They will welcome the Soldotna Stars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Soldotna took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Nikiski, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Nikiski made easy work of Grace Christian and carried off a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-22, 25-9.
Nikiski's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kailey Stynsberg, who had ten digs, and Abby White, who had three digs and three aces. That's the most aces White has posted since back in October of 2023.
Nikiski was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 8.8.
Meanwhile, Soldotna faced Palmer in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Soldotna fell just short of Palmer by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Soldotna sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 15-25, 27-25, 25-27, 15-13.
Nikiski's win bumped their record up to 13-4-4. As for Soldotna, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season.
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