Melbourne's game last Monday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Palm Bay Pirates as the Melbourne Bulldogs made off with a 3-0 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bulldogs also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Melbourne was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-14, 25-11.
Melbourne was led to victory by Addison Simcox and Haley Ostrander. Simcox had eight digs, six kills, and five aces, while Ostrander had seven aces and 14 assists. The dominant performance gave Ostrander a new career-high in aces.
Melbourne was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Melbourne now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Palm Bay, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Melbourne will head out to face off against Sebastian River at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Palm Bay, they will take on Cocoa at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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