Eleva-Strum and Melrose-Mindoro are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Eleva-Strum Cardinals have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Eleva-Strum didn't have quite enough to beat Pepin/Alma and fell 3-2.
Eleva-Strum actually scored more points across those five sets (106-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 19-25, 16-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Melrose-Mindoro made easy work of Augusta on Tuesday and carried off 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.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-17, 25-19.
Anna Radcliff was the offensive standout of the contest as she had eight aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Melrose-Mindoro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matches.
Eleva-Strum now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Melrose-Mindoro, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-6 record this season.
Eleva-Strum was able to grind out a solid victory over Melrose-Mindoro when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Eleva-Strum repeat their success, or does Melrose-Mindoro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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