The Beachwood Bison are taking a road trip to challenge the Berkshire Badgers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Beachwood came up short against Cardinal on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Bison haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Beachwood was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-15, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Berkshire had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They came out on top against the Rockets by a score of 2-0.
Berkshire's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Streetsboro between 17 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-17.
Berkshire's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ava Chuha, who had three aces, and Delana Kellogg, who had four aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Chuha a new career-high in aces.
Berkshire was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive matches.
Beachwood's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Berkshire, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Beachwood has serving mastered this season, having averaged 12.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Berkshire struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Beachwood might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Berkshire when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Beachwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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