Skyline typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday South Gray proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Skyline Thunderbirds. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rebels.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day South Gray got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 22-25, 25-19.
Leading South Gray to victory were Keagan Showalter and Lenzi Koehn. Showalter had 11 digs and four aces, while Koehn had eight digs. Showalter has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last six times she's played.
South Gray was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matches.
South Gray has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Skyline, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 16-4 record.
South Gray will challenge Satanta on Tuesday. As for Skyline, they will face off against Pretty Prairie on Tuesday.
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