The Burwell Longhorns will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Superior Wildcats at 1:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Burwell can't be too worried about heading out to take on Superior: they just beat Ansley/Litchfield at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Burwell came out on top against Ansley/Litchfield by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Burwell had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 29-27, 25-18, 25-21.
Superior extended their winning streak to four games thanks to a huge performance from Mia Gardner. Superior skirted past Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 3-2 thanks in part to Gardner, who had 19 digs. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Superior who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 17-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-8.
Burwell pushed their record up to 17-10 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Superior, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 25-7 record this season.
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