The North Branch Vikings are on the road again on Thursday to play the Rush City Tigers at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, it was close, but North Branch sidestepped Maple Grove for a 2-1 win.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was North Branch who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 22-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Rush City entered their tilt with Pine City on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Rush City was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-15, 25-2.
North Branch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for Rush City, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
North Branch might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Rush City in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can North Branch avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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