Hoxie entered their tilt with Ellis on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Ellis Railroaders 2-1. The Indians have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Railroaders, too.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Hoxie got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 23-25, 25-10.
Leading Hoxie to victory were Evie Schippers and Emily Bainter. Schippers had eight aces and four digs, while Bainter hit 57.9% for 24 kills16 digs and three aces. Those eight aces gave Schippers a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Hoxie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Hoxie pushed their record up to 12-10 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Ellis, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 12-7.
Hoxie has already played their next contest, a 2-1 win against St. Francis on the 5th. As for Ellis, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat against Smith Center on the 1st.
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