Blooming Grove hasn't had much luck against West recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Blooming Grove Lions will face off against the West Trojans at 7:30 p.m. West took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Blooming Grove, who comes in off a win.
Blooming Grove took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Maypearl 3-2.
Blooming Grove took Maypearl into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 17-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, West's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Grandview by a score of 3-2.
West actually scored more points across those five sets (103-92), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-21, 14-25, 13-25, 15-13.
Blooming Grove's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-14. As for West, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 30-12.
Blooming Grove suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to West in their previous matchup back in October of 2015. Can Blooming Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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