Marion Local is 2-8 against Coldwater since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Marion Local Flyers will venture away from home to challenge the Coldwater Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Marion Local took a loss when they played away from home last Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Lincolnview.
While Marion Local won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-22, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Coldwater put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Jefferson with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Coldwater was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-10, 25-3.
Coldwater can attribute much of their success to Campbell Etzler, who had seven digs and four aces, and Brylee Knapke, who had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Etzler has posted in her last seven contests.
Coldwater 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 five aces in six consecutive games.
Marion Local's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-6. As for Coldwater, their victory was their 13th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-0.
Marion Local suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Coldwater when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Etzler, who had 18 digs and four aces. Now that Marion Local knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
