Sterling and Bennington are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Sterling Black Bears will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Bennington Bulldogs, where the match is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. The last three games Sterling has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Sterling sidestepped Marion for a 2-1 win.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 26-24, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Bennington earned a 2-0 victory over Ell-Saline on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bennington was: they took both sets by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-9.
Sterling's win bumped their record up to 13-16-1. As for Bennington, they pushed their record up to 20-11 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Sterling came up short against Bennington when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Sterling avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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