With a playoff game on the line, Edwardsville rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Granite City Warriors by a score of 2-0. The victory was nothing new for the Tigers as they're now sitting on five straight.
Edwardsville easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-10.
Edwardsville got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Grace Malawy out in front who had six aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Malawy a new career-high in aces.
Edwardsville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Edwardsville has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-13 record this season. As for Granite City, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-21 record this season.
As of now, neither Edwardsville nor Granite City have any future games scheduled.
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