Melrose-Mindoro and Eleva-Strum are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Eleva-Strum Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Melrose-Mindoro is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, everything went Melrose-Mindoro's way against Augusta as Melrose-Mindoro made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Mustangs have posted against the Beavers since October 10, 2019.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-17, 25-19.
Melrose-Mindoro can attribute much of their success to Anna Radcliff, who had eight aces. With that strong performance, Radcliff is now averaging an impressive 2.8 aces per game.
Melrose-Mindoro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Eleva-Strum didn't have quite enough to beat Pepin/Alma on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Eleva-Strum actually scored more points across those five sets (106-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 19-25, 16-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Melrose-Mindoro has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-6 record this season. As for Eleva-Strum, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Melrose-Mindoro came up short against Eleva-Strum in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Melrose-Mindoro avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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