The Alexander Spartans are on the road again on Thursday to play the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes at 7:30 p.m.
Alexander is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Athens just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Bulldogs.
After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 25-8, 18-25, 28-26.
Meanwhile, Nelsonville-York got the win against Eastern on Monday 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. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-16, 25-16.
Nelsonville-York's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Delaney Dean, who had 20 digs, and Paisley Stalder, who 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 matchups dating back to last season.
Alexander's loss dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Nelsonville-York, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Alexander came up short against Nelsonville-York in their previous meeting back in August, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nelsonville-York's Kenzie VanBibber, who had 17 digs and four aces. Now that Alexander 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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