South Gray waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Cimarron Bluejays 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Rebels also won the last time the pair played back in September.
South Gray had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-20, 25-9.
South Gray can attribute much of their success to Lenzi Koehn, who had four digs and four aces. That's the most aces Koehn has posted since back in September.
South Gray was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in eight consecutive contests.
Despite the loss, Cimarron still got an impressive performance from Kynlee Frink, who had 12 digs and two aces.
South Gray's victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-4. As for Cimarron, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 15-7 record.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. After both having extra time off, South Gray and Hodgeman County will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another on Tuesday. As for Cimarron, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Colby at 4:00 p.m.
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