Grafton is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Thompson is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Grafton Spoilers will challenge the Thompson Tommies at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Grafton will be strutting in after a win while Thompson will be coming in after a defeat.
Grafton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Dakota's top teams: Central Cass, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Grafton was ranked sixth). Grafton was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Central Cass on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 26-24.
Grafton can attribute much of their success to Laila Miller, who had 15 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Miller has posted in her last seven matches.
Meanwhile, Thompson came up short against Hillsboro on Monday and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-22, 15-25, 25-23.
Grafton is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3-3 record this season. As for Thompson, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4-1.
Everything went Grafton's way against Thompson in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Grafton made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Grafton repeat their success, or does Thompson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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