After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Grassfield, Western Branch was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They put the hurt on the King's Fork Bulldogs with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Bruins have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
While Western Branch won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-23.
Western Branch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
The win snapped Western Branch's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-9 record. As for King's Fork, they dropped their record down to 5-11 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Western Branch is on the road again on Tuesday to play Lakeland at 5:30 p.m. As for King's Fork, they will venture away from home to face off against Phoebus at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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