The Garden City Buffaloes are taking a road trip to challenge the Junction City/St. Xavier Bluejays on Thursday. Garden City will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Last Saturday, Garden City narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Dodge City 2-1.
Garden City had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-21, 25-14.
Garden City relied on the efforts of Aleeya Cruz, who had six digs and 18 assists, and Kate Mcdonald, who had eight digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Garden City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Junction City/St. Xavier beat Highland Park 2-0 last Monday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Junction City/St. Xavier was: they took both sets by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-11.
Garden City's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-6. As for Junction City/St. Xavier, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2-1.
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