Northeast Vernon County is 10-0 against Ballard since October of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Northeast Vernon County Knights will take on the Ballard Bulldogs at 10:30 a.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Tuesday, Northeast Vernon County came up short against Hume and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Ballard was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Sheldon by a score of 3-2. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-15 in the first set.
Ballard actually scored more points across those five sets (108-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 17-25, 27-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Even though they lost, Ballard was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Northeast Vernon County's loss dropped their record down to 11-14-2. As for Ballard, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-17-1.
Everything went Northeast Vernon County's way against Ballard in their previous matchup last Tuesday, as Northeast Vernon County made off with a 3-0 win. Does Northeast Vernon County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ballard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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