Greensburg and East Central met for a duel on Thursday where Greensburg came out on top. The Greensburg Pirates sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the East Central Trojans. That's more bragging rights for the Pirates, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Greensburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 22-25, 25-13, 25-20, 15-12.
Greensburg was led to victory by Carmin Ripperger and Kirkley Lowe. Ripperger had 14 digs and three aces, while Lowe had 12 digs. That's the most aces Ripperger has posted since back in September.
Greensburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive contests.
Despite the loss, East Central had strong showings from Kenzie Schoenfelder, who had 16 digs, and Rylee Edwards, who had nine digs and two aces.
Greensburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for East Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-18.
After both having extra time off, Greensburg and South Dearborn will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Central has already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Franklin Central on the 12th.
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