On Saturday Colby will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles dukes it out withthe Norton Bluejays at 3:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Colby earned a 2-0 victory over Russell.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Colby took both sets by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Norton had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Broncs 2-1.
Norton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-22, 25-20.
Norton can attribute much of their success to Kcanna Keiswetter, who had 14 digs.
Colby is on a roll lately: they've won 20 of their last 22 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 32-5-2 record this season. As for Norton, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-4.
Colby came up short against Norton when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Colby avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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