Staley is 0-10 against Liberty since October of 2018 but things could change on Monday. The Staley Falcons will challenge the Liberty Blue Jays at 5:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Staley came up short against Liberty North and fell 3-1.
Staley started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Liberty got the win against Oak Park on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blue Jays.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Liberty was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-11, 25-11.
Liberty's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brinn Wright, who had seven aces and four digs, and Ella Anderson, who had 11 digs. The dominant performance gave Wright a new career-high in aces.
Staley's loss dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Liberty, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
Staley suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Liberty in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Anderson, who had 26 digs. Now that Staley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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