With a playoff game on the line, Culver Community rose to the challenge on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Marquette Catholic Blazers 3-2. This was payback for the Cavaliers, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Culver Community had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 19-25, 25-16, 26-24, 15-13.
Brynn Berndt paced Culver Community's offense, picking up 21 kills. Berndt got some help from
Ashley Pugh and her 34 assists. Berndt also made an impact serving: she shared the team lead in aces with
Sophie Grossman-Norris, racking up three apiece.
Culver Community is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 22 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Marquette Catholic, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 19-14 record.
After both having extra time off, Culver Community and South Newton will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as South Newton comes in on eight and Culver Community on 15. Marquette Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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