Prentice had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Phillips Loggers. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Prentice took Phillips into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-18, 21-25, 23-25, 15-11.
| 09/16/25 vs Phillips | 24 |
| 09/15/25 vs Gilman | 15 |
| 09/11/25 vs Rhinelander | 6 |
| 09/11/25 vs Lakeland | 3 |
| 09/09/25 @ Rib Lake | 12 |
| + 11 more games |
Leading Prentice to victory were Sophie Staroba and Piper Heikkinen. Staroba had seven digs and four aces, while Heikkinen had 24 digs and two aces. With that strong performance, Heikkinen is now averaging an impressive 10.6 digs per game.
They weren't the only good server: Prentice was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in four consecutive matches.
Prentice's victory bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Phillips, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-11.
Coming up, Prentice will face off against Rhinelander at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Phillips will be paying especially close attention to the Buccaneers' contest: after the Buccaneers face off against Newman Catholic, they'll take on Phillips again at 9:00 a.m. on the 27th.
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