The Diller-Odell Griffin are on the road again on Saturday to play the Nebraska Christian Eagles at 3:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Diller-Odell beat Tri County 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 24-26, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Nebraska Christian entered their tilt with Riverside on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Chargers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Nebraska Christian was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-23, 25-22.
Nebraska Christian can attribute much of their success to Emma Rathjen, who had 11 digs, and Hananiah Peters, who had three digs and two aces. Peters has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Nebraska Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matches.
Diller-Odell is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for Nebraska Christian, they pushed their record up to 21-9 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home.
Diller-Odell was able to grind out a solid win over Nebraska Christian in their previous matchup back in November of 2020, winning 3-1. Will Diller-Odell repeat their success, or does Nebraska Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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