The Marquette Mustangs will take on the Hillsboro Hawks at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Marquette has four straight wins, Hillsboro has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Monday, Marquette narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Webster Groves 3-2.
Marquette had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 26-28, 22-25, 25-18, 25-18, 15-7.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Hillsboro challenged Jefferson on Tuesday. Hillsboro fell just short of Jefferson by a score of 3-2. While the Hawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Blue Jays 25-19 in the first set.
Hillsboro took Jefferson into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking 11-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 15-4.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Kayla Yaeger, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, Hillsboro kept the net locked down and finished the game with 15 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in eight consecutive matches.
Marquette's win bumped their record up to 17-10. As for Hillsboro, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-6-2.
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