After both having extra time off, the Evansville Memorial Tigers and the Silver Creek Dragons will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Evansville Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Boonville as Evansville Memorial made off with a 3-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Tigers who have now won three contests in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-17, 25-13.
Evansville Memorial can attribute much of their success to Kendall Agler, who had 11 digs. Agler is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek made easy work of Madison on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Dragons.
Silver Creek was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-8, 25-23.
Silver Creek's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dannah Kerberg led the charge by getting 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Kerberg has posted in her last seven matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Kopf, who had 15 digs.
Silver Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Madison only served three.
Evansville Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Silver Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 21-12.
Everything went Evansville Memorial's way against Silver Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2019, as Evansville Memorial made off with a 3-0 win. Does Evansville Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Silver Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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