Grain Valley is 1-9 against Blue Springs South since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Grain Valley Eagles will look to defend their home court against the Blue Springs South Jaguars at 5:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Tuesday, Grain Valley came up short against Belton and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-15.
Despite the loss, Grain Valley saw an underclassman step up: Shellby Overturf had nine digs and two aces. That's the most aces Overturf has posted in her last nine contests.
Even though they lost, Grain Valley kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 1.5 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 6.2.
Meanwhile, Blue Springs South was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Liberty North by a score of 3-2.
Blue Springs South actually scored more points across those five sets (106-90), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 10-25, 25-20, 13-25, 25-21, 17-15.
Grain Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-11. As for Blue Springs South, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.
Grain Valley skirted past Blue Springs South 2-1 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will Grain Valley repeat their success, or does Blue Springs South have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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