Harrisburg has gone 8-2 against Brookings recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Harrisburg Tigers will square off against the Brookings Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Harrisburg will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Harrisburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Watertown, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Harrisburg was ranked first). Everything went Harrisburg's way against Watertown on Tuesday as Harrisburg made off with a 3-0 victory.
Harrisburg never let Watertown on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 27-25, 25-15.
Harrisburg can attribute much of their success to Lindsay Langner, who had 12 digs and two aces, and Maggie Meister, who had 20 digs and a kill. Meister is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played.
Meanwhile, Brookings had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Bucks/Gazelles with a sharp 3-0 win.
While Brookings won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-14, 25-21.
Harrisburg pushed their record up to 26-0 with the victory, which was their 23rd straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Brookings, their record is now 14-15.
Harrisburg was able to grind out a solid win over Brookings in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Harrisburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brookings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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