The Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks will square off against the Clear Lake Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Clear Lake is facing Baldwin-Woodville at the wrong time: Baldwin-Woodville suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Comets by a score of 3-2. The Blackhawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Baldwin-Woodville took Cameron into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 19-25, 22-25, 28-26, 17-15.
Baldwin-Woodville's loss came about despite a quality game from Emma Freese, who had 18 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Freese has posted since two weeks ago.
Even though they lost, Baldwin-Woodville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Clear Lake didn't have quite enough to beat Northwestern on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Clear Lake came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-14, 15-7.
Baldwin-Woodville's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-6. As for Clear Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Baldwin-Woodville skirted past Clear Lake 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Does Baldwin-Woodville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clear Lake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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