Mountain Brook waltzed into their match on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They skirted past the McGill-Toolen Yellowjackets 2-1. This was payback for the Spartans, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Mountain Brook had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-20, 15-8.
Leading Mountain Brook to victory were Elizabeth Lell and Caroline Kelley. Lell had six digs and two aces, while Kelley had nine digs. Lell has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last five times she's played.
Mountain Brook couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in October of 2023.
Mountain Brook is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-15 record this season. As for McGill-Toolen, the loss snapped their winning streak at 12 games and leaves them with a 38-9 record.
Mountain Brook didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 win against Mobile Christian on the 12th. As for McGill-Toolen, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Daphne on the 15th.
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