Faulkton came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds , sneaking past 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Trojans, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Faulkton was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (68-61), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 11-25, 25-21, 25-22.
Faulkton can attribute much of their success to Grace Kopecky, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces Kopecky has posted in her last 12 matches.
Faulkton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive games.
Faulkton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for Wolsey-Wessington, they moved to 19-6 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Faulkton is on the road again on Tuesday to play Herreid/Selby at 7:30 p.m. As for Wolsey-Wessington, they will square off against Highmore/Harrold at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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