The Nicholas County Grizzlies will square off against the Wayne Pioneers on Saturday. Nicholas County will be strutting in after a win while Wayne will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Nicholas County finally turned things around against PikeView on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Panthers out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-104) Nicholas County actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-19, 17-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Nicholas County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last ten contests.
Meanwhile, Wayne didn't have quite enough to beat Charleston Catholic on Wednesday and fell 2-1. The Pioneers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Wayne sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 18-25, 15-12.
Nicholas County's victory bumped their record up to 13-19-1. As for Wayne, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11-3.
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