The Waverly Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Minford Falcons at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Monday, it was close, but Waverly sidestepped Westfall for a 3-2 win.
Waverly took Westfall into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. After all that action, the final score was 18-25, 25-14, 15-25, 25-13, 15-10.
Caris Risner was nothing short of spectacular: she had 24 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sidney Johnson, who had 21 digs.
Meanwhile, Minford had just enough and edged Valley out 3-2 on Thursday.
Minford took Valley into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-9, 25-23, 21-25, 16-14.
Minford had a senior duo take command as Marissa Justice had 11 digs and six aces and Brooklyn Pierce had 16 digs. The dominant performance gave Justice a new career-high in aces.
Minford was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Waverly's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9. As for Minford, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Waverly came up short against Minford in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Waverly avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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