The Sevastopol Pioneers will face off against the Valley Christian Warriors on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sevastopol is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pioneers.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (111-102) Sevastopol actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 14-25, 25-22, 18-25, 30-28, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Valley Christian got the win against Omro on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The Warriors haven't had any issues with the Foxes recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Valley Christian walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-19.
Sevastopol better focus on containing Bella Birr and Ellie Demler as the pair were huge in Valley Christian's win. Birr had three digs and two aces, while Demler had 13 digs and one assist. That's the most aces Birr has posted over her last eight matches.
Valley Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Valley Christian's win bumped their record up to 27-7. As for Sevastopol, their victory bumped their record up to 16-17.
Sevastopol came up short against Valley Christian in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can the Pioneers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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