Marinette hasn't had much luck against Fox Valley Lutheran recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Marinette came up short against Little Chute and fell 3-1. The Marines have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marinette started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Fox Valley Lutheran posted their biggest win since September 17th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Clintonville as Fox Valley Lutheran made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fox Valley Lutheran was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-7, 25-10.
Riley Schmitz went supernova for Fox Valley Lutheran, getting 14 digs and seven aces. That's the most aces Schmitz has posted since back in October of 2023.
Fox Valley Lutheran couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.5% of their attack attempts. They are a perfect 7-0 when when their percentage is at least 0.4.
Marinette's loss dropped their record down to 3-20. As for Fox Valley Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-5 record this season.
Marinette might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Fox Valley Lutheran in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fox Valley Lutheran's Molly Bixby, who had seven aces and three digs. Now that Marinette knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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