The Marion Warriors's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Valley Heights Mustangs at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Marion is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Chase County 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Marion got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 16-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Valley Heights waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Trojans.
Valley Heights never let Hillsboro on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-23.
Marion's victory ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 17-19. As for Valley Heights, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-9 record this season.
Marion came up short against Valley Heights in their previous matchup back in October of 2020, falling 2-0. Can Marion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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