Grafton has won five straight games at home, while Thompson has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Grafton Spoilers will welcome the Thompson Tommies at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grafton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Dakota's top teams: Hillsboro/Central Valley, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Grafton was ranked sixth). Grafton beat Hillsboro/Central Valley on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-1.
Grafton was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 16-25, 25-12, 25-16.
Among those leading the charge was Laila Miller, who had 16 digs.
Meanwhile, Thompson beat Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg 3-1 on Tuesday.
Thompson is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-1 record this season. As for Grafton, their record now sits at 29-5-3.
Everything went Grafton's way against Thompson in their previous meeting back in October, as Grafton made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Grafton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Thompson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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