The St. Johns Redwings will be taking part in a tournament against the Everett Vikings at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Johns will be strutting in after a victory while Everett will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Johns took a three-set loss the last time they faced off against Williamston, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Redwings sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Hornets on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Redwings have posted against the Hornets since October 22, 2022.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-100) St. Johns actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 26-24, 20-25, 14-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Everett was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 19th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against East Lansing, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-9.
Everett's loss dropped their record down to 0-14. As for St. Johns, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season.
St. Johns beat Everett 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Will the Redwings repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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