On Thursday Curlew will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges the Columbia Lions at 6:00 p.m. They took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Curlew, who comes in off a win.
Curlew will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Republic, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Curlew came out on top against Republic by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Curlew had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-19.
Curlew can attribute much of their success to Ellie Calhoun, who had 26 assists. Calhoun is crushing it when it comes to assists: she's posted at least 12 every time she's taken the court this season.
Curlew was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Columbia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 21st straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Selkirk, falling 3-0.
Curlew pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Columbia, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Everything went Curlew's way against Columbia in their previous meeting back in September, as Curlew made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Curlew since the squad 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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