The Carlisle Wildcats will square off against the Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warriors at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Carlisle made easy work of Gilbert and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sergeant Bluff-Luton, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Sioux City East on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (109-104), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 27-25, 18-25, 19-25, 15-12.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton can attribute much of their success to Makenna Nelson, who had 19 digs, and Allison Meister, who had eight digs and two aces.
Carlisle's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. As for Sergeant Bluff-Luton, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
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