With a playoff game on the line, Blanco rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Clyde Bulldogs. This was payback for the Panthers, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Blanco was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (109-108), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-22, 27-25, 20-25, 15-12.
Blanco was led to victory by Lillie Smith and Carleigh Dotson. Smith had 27 digs, while Dotson had nine digs and three aces. That's the most aces Dotson has posted since back in September.
Blanco is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 20-18 record this season. As for Clyde, with the defeat, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 20-20.
Blanco will take on Holliday at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive. Clyde does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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