Madison's game last Thursday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Conneaut Spartans by a score of 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Blue Streaks, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Madison had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23.
Madison found their leader in underclassman Gracie Kless, who had 14 digs and ten aces. The dominant performance gave Kless a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Ally Negin, who had 11 digs and two aces.
Madison was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 17.6.
The victory got Madison back to even at 7-7. As for Conneaut, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-12.
Madison will head out to take on Jefferson Area at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Conneaut, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against St. John at 5:00 p.m. St. John will roll in looking for their 15th straight win, something Conneaut surely won't give up without a fight.
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