With a playoff game on the line, Little River rose to the challenge on Friday. They had just enough and edged the St. John Tigers out 2-1. The Redskins are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 14 straight.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Little River who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 20-25, 25-21.
Leading Little River to victory were Evie Look and Adelynne Strecker. Look had ten digs and two aces, while Strecker had 16 digs. That's the most aces Look has posted in her last seven games.
Little River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are a perfect 9-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Little River is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 35-6 record this season. As for St. John, with the defeat, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 29-14.
Little River has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against Clifton-Clyde on the 1st. As for St. John, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against South Gray on the 1st.
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