The Spring Mills Cardinals will challenge the Kellam Knights at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Spring Mills is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, Spring Mills came up short against Musselman and fell 3-1.
Spring Mills actually scored more points across those four sets (89-88), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 26-24, 12-25, 25-17.
Jayden Junkin put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had 11 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played.
Even though they lost, Spring Mills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Kellam was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Cox by a score of 3-2.
Kellam took Cox into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 30-28, 25-19, 18-25, 15-13.
Despite the loss, Kellam saw an underclassman step up: Emmie Irving had 14 digs and three aces. Those 14 digs set a new season-high mark for her.
Spring Mills now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for Kellam, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
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