The Franklin Admirals will square off against the Page Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Franklin earned a 3-1 victory over Independence. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Admirals.
Franklin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Page was able to grind out a solid win over Centennial on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-22, 20-25, 25-11, 25-17.
Page relied on the efforts of Ellie Caldwell, who had eight digs and three aces, and Hannah Rider, who had eight digs and five aces. That's the most aces Caldwell has posted since back in August.
Franklin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Page, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 6-17.
Everything went Franklin's way against Page in their previous meeting back in August as Franklin made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Franklin since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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