The Crab Orchard Trojans will take on the Elverado Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Crab Orchard is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Norris City-Omaha-Enfield just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Fighting Cardinals.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Elverado beat Cairo 2-0 on Tuesday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Elverado took both sets by at least 18 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-5.
Elverado found their leader in underclassman Presley Knupp, who had 11 aces. The dominant performance gave Knupp a new career-high in aces.
Elverado was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Crab Orchard's defeat dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Elverado, the victory also got them back to even at 13-13.
Crab Orchard skirted past Elverado 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September. Does Crab Orchard have another victory up their sleeve, or will Elverado turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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