The Nelsonville-York Buckeyes will face off against the Alexander Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Nelsonville-York will be strutting in after a win while Alexander will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, Nelsonville-York got the win against Eastern by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Nelsonville-York was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-16, 25-16.
Nelsonville-York had a senior duo take command as Delaney Dean had 20 digs and Paisley Stalder had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Stalder has posted since back in August.
Nelsonville-York 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 six aces in 25 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Alexander unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to Athens.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-8, 18-25, 28-26.
Nelsonville-York pushed their record up to 11-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Alexander, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
Nelsonville-York beat Alexander 3-1 when the teams last played back in August. Does Nelsonville-York have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alexander turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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