Blackman hadn't done well against Siegel recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Blackman Blaze won by a set and slipped past the Siegel Stars 3-2. This was payback for the Blaze, who suffered a 3-2 defeat the last time these two teams met.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (100-98) Blackman actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 11-25, 25-19, 21-25, 26-24, 15-7.
Blackman is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-12 record this season. As for Siegel, their loss dropped their record down to 23-16.
As of now, neither Blackman nor Siegel have any future games scheduled.
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