The Caliche Buffaloes will challenge the Prairie Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Caliche is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Holyoke just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Dragons by a score of 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Caliche sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-20, 11-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-12.
Caliche's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Hayden Walker, who had 13 digs, and Lily Armstrong, who had four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Armstrong a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Caliche was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Prairie was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Fleming, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-13, 25-11.
Caliche now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Prairie, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Caliche took their win against Prairie in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Caliche repeat their success, or does Prairie have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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