West Aurora waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Dundee-Crown Chargers out 2-1.
West Aurora had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-19.
West Aurora can attribute much of their success to Lexi Jacquez, who had nine digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: West Aurora was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 7.4.
When it comes to explaining why Dundee-Crown lost, don't look at Maura Minogue. Despite the final result, she had 21 digs. With that strong performance, Minogue is now averaging an impressive 10.8 digs per game.
West Aurora has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for Dundee-Crown, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-6 record.
West Aurora will face off against West Chicago at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Dundee-Crown, they will host Hampshire at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hampshire will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Dundee-Crown surely won't give up without a fight.
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