The Branson Pirates will challenge the Mt. Vernon Mountaineers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, Branson got the win against Hillcrest by a conclusive 3-0. The victory continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now won three in a row.
Branson never let Hillcrest on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-11, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon made easy work of Seneca on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Mt. Vernon took every set by at least 14 points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-9, 25-11.
Mt. Vernon's victory bumped their record up to 21-6-2. As for Branson, their win bumped their record up to 19-11-6.
Branson came up short against Mt. Vernon in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Will the Pirates have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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