After both having extra time off, the Wayne Trace Raiders and the Marion Local Flyers will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Marion Local took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Wayne Trace, who comes in off a win.
Wayne Trace took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past Ayersville 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Wayne Trace was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-11, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Marion Local came up short against Versailles on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Flyers haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-18, 25-17.
Wayne Trace will have to keep a close watch on Emersyn Mescher and Sophie Salazar, a pair of players who had a big impact on Marion Local's prior game. Mescher had five digs and two aces, while Salazar had eight assists and six digs.
Marion Local's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Wayne Trace, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
Wayne Trace might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Marion Local in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
