Homestead waltzed into their contest on Monday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Angola Hornets , sneaking past 3-2. This was payback for the Spartans, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Homestead was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-106), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-23, 16-14.
Madelyn Sipe went supernova for Homestead, getting 20 digs.
Homestead kept the net locked down and finished the game with 15 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in August.
Angola's loss came despite strong showings from Aspen Sutton and Anna Mcclure. Sutton had nine digs and three aces, while Mcclure had 15 digs, three aces, and three aces. Mcclure has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Homestead has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Angola, their defeat ended an 18-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-2.
Homestead will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Benton Central at 10:00 a.m. As for Angola, they will take on Garrett at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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