The Branson Pirates will take on the West Plains Zizzers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Branson will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Logan-Rogersville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Branson had just enough and edged Logan-Rogersville out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Branson took Logan-Rogersville into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-19, 24-26, 18-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, West Plains hadn't done well against Bolivar recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. West Plains put the hurt on Bolivar with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Zizzers.
West Plains walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 25-18, 25-19, 25-11.
West Plains' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mia Duggins, who had nine digs, and Mylin Lopez, who had six digs.
West Plains was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Branson's win bumped their record up to 10-5-4. As for West Plains, they pushed their record up to 20-5 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Branson has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like West Plains struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Branson was able to grind out a solid win over West Plains when the teams last played back in September of 2020, winning 2-0. Does Branson have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Plains turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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