Stow-Munroe Falls is 2-8 against Brecksville-Broadview Heights since September of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bulldogs will venture away from home to square off against the Bees at 7:00 p.m. Stow-Munroe Falls will be strutting in after a victory while Brecksville-Broadview Heights will be coming in after a loss.
Stow-Munroe Falls was handed a three-set defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past Nordonia 3-2.
Stow-Munroe Falls had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-12.
Zoey Mccullough
| 10/09/25 vs Nordonia | 24 |
| 10/07/25 vs Wadsworth | 19 |
| 10/04/25 vs Tallmadge | 18 |
| 10/02/25 @ North Royalton | 26 |
| 09/30/25 vs Brecksville-Broadview Heights | 32 |
| + 3 more games |
Zoey Mccullough was a one-woman wrecking crew as she had 24 digs and six aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in each of the last eight games she's played. Hailey Cortright was another key player, getting eight digs and four aces.
They weren't the only good servers: Stow-Munroe Falls was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 11 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Brecksville-Broadview Heights came up short against Nordonia on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Nordonia scored at least 17 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Brecksville-Broadview Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Stow-Munroe Falls, their win bumped their record up to 10-11.
Stow-Munroe Falls came out on top in a nail-biter against Brecksville-Broadview Heights when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Bees' Charlotte Hocutt, who had 21 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Bulldogs still be able to contain Hocutt? There's only one way to find out.
