The Forreston Cardinals have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pearl City Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pearl City took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Forreston, who comes in off a win.
Last Wednesday, Forreston narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Orangeville 2-1.
Forreston had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-20, 25-21.
Forreston's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Makenna Jordinson, who had 14 digs and four aces, and Ayla Kiper, who had 14 digs. That's the most aces Jordinson has posted in her last eight contests.
Meanwhile, Pearl City didn't have quite enough to beat Lena-Winslow on Tuesday and fell 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Wolves in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost six in a row.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Pearl City sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-15, 21-25, 25-13.
Forreston's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-13. As for Pearl City, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-11-2.
Forreston beat Pearl City 2-0 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Forreston repeat their success, or does Pearl City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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