Kearney entered their tilt with Smithville on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Smithville Warriors with a sharp 3-0 win. For the Bulldogs, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Warriors walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-8, 25-10.
Leading Kearney to victory were Jane Martens and Payton Rudd. Martens had 21 digs and two aces, while Rudd had six aces and four digs. Those six aces gave Rudd a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Kearney was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Smithville only served an.
Kearney's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-6-1. As for Smithville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-6-1 record this season.
Kearney didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Winnetonka on the 1st. Smithville has also already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Benton on the 28th.
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