Middleton has gone 8-2 against Bishop Kelly recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Middleton Vikings and the Bishop Kelly Knights are set to duel. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Middleton sitting on five straight wins and Bishop Kelly on three.
Middleton is returning to their home court after beating Columbia on theirs, despite the fact Columbia has dominated at home this season. Middleton came out on top in a nail-biter against Columbia on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Middleton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (96-93), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 25-12, 25-22, 17-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Bishop Kelly made easy work of Caldwell on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-18, 25-14.
Middleton pushed their record up to 21-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Bishop Kelly, their victory bumped their record up to 7-12.
Everything went Middleton's way against Bishop Kelly in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Middleton made off with a 3-0 win. Will Middleton repeat their success, or does Bishop Kelly have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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