Byron Center and Caledonia are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Byron Center Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Caledonia Fighting Scots at 6:00 p.m.
Byron Center is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Mattawan just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 2-1.
Byron Center actually scored more points across those three sets (59-56), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 16-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, everything went Caledonia's way against Muskegon on Tuesday as Caledonia made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Caledonia was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-1, 25-4.
Caledonia found their leader in underclassman Avery Seif, who had six aces and three digs. Those six aces set a new season-high mark for Seif.
Caledonia was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 34 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive games.
Byron Center's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-10. As for Caledonia, they pushed their record up to 25-11-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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