Covington is 0-5 against New Bremen since September of 2014 but things could change on Saturday. The Covington Buccs will square off against the New Bremen Cardinals at 9:00 a.m. Covington is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 12 games.
On Thursday, Covington got the win against Northridge by a conclusive 3-0.
A big factor in the win was Covington's feisty defense: they held Northridge to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-7, 25-2.
Covington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, New Bremen made easy work of Minster on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cardinals.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant New Bremen was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-8, 25-12.
Covington pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for New Bremen, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season.
Covington came up short against New Bremen when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Covington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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