Branford has gone 7-2 against Columbia recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Branford Buccaneers will take on the Columbia Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Branford is coming into the game hot, having won their last 18 games.
Last Friday, Branford earned a 3-1 win over Lafayette.
Branford had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Erika Rioux was nothing short of spectacular: she had 24 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Branford kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 1.5 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 4.6.
Meanwhile, Columbia posted their biggest victory since September 10th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Dixie County as Columbia made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Columbia never let Dixie County on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-13.
Branford pushed their record up to 20-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Columbia, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Branford came out on top in a nail-biter against Columbia in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. Does Branford have another victory up their sleeve, or will Columbia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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