After both having extra time off, the Mt. Vernon/Plankinton Titans and the Dakota Valley Panthers will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Mt. Vernon/Plankinton sitting on 12 straight wins and Dakota Valley on eight.
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Groton by a score of 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-19, 18-25, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Dakota Valley beat Hanson 3-1 on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 16-25, 25-12, 25-7.
Dakota Valley can attribute much of their success to Reagan Granstrom, who had 12 digs, and Coryn Kimbell, who had 11 digs.
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Dakota Valley, they pushed their record up to 29-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Dakota Valley in their previous matchup back in November of 2014. Thankfully for Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, Lindsey Smith (who had six kills, six digs, two blocks, and two aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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