The Smoky Valley Vikings's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hoisington Cardinals at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Smoky Valley can't be too worried about heading out to take on Hoisington: they just beat Minneapolis at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Smoky Valley had just enough and edged Minneapolis out 2-1 on Monday.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (61-60) Smoky Valley actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 10-25, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Hoisington extended their postseason success on Monday against Cimarron. They came out on top against the Bluejays by a score of 2-0. The victory was familiar territory for the Cardinals who have now won nine games in a row.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hoisington was: they took both sets by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-11.
Hoisington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They are a perfect 7-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Smoky Valley now has a winning record of 20-19. As for Hoisington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 24 of their last 26 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 35-4 record this season.
Smoky Valley came up short against Hoisington when the teams last played on October 1st, falling 2-0. Can Smoky Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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