The Grantsburg Pirates will venture away from home to face off against the Barron Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Grantsburg sitting on seven straight victories and Barron on 24.
Grantsburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Bloomer by a score of 3-1.
Grantsburg was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 23-25, 25-9, 25-16.
Anika Lee was the offensive standout of the game as she had 24 digs.
Grantsburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since October 1st.
Meanwhile, Barron was able to grind out a solid win over Cumberland last Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Barron had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-9, 25-17, 25-12.
Grantsburg is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season. As for Barron, they pushed their record up to 31-2 with the victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Grantsburg has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Barron struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Grantsburg came up short against Barron in their previous meeting back in August, falling 2-0. Can Grantsburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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