Brimfield is 0-9 against Illini Bluffs since September of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Brimfield Indians will face off against the Illini Bluffs Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Brimfield sitting on three straight wins and Illini Bluffs on six.
Last Monday, Brimfield had just enough and edged Farmington out 2-1.
Brimfield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 25-21.
Kylie Frail was a one-man wrecking crew for Brimfield as she had ten digs and two aces. Frail is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Brimfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Illini Bluffs narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Olympia 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Illini Bluffs who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 22-25, 15-10.
Brimfield pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Illini Bluffs, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Brimfield came up short against Illini Bluffs in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Brimfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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