Tongue River waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Sundance Bulldogs out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Eagles, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Tongue River wouldn't go down easily and took Sundance into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-21, 25-19, 19-25, 15-10.
Tongue River was led to victory by Aubrey Kelty and Lily Maslowski. Kelty had eight digs and five aces, while Maslowski had eight digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Kelty a new career-high in aces.
Tongue River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Tongue River's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-2-4. As for Sundance, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-12-1 record this season.
Tongue River has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Moorcroft on the 12th. As for Sundance, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Wright at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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