Clever entered their tilt with Spokane on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They had just enough and edged the Spokane Owls out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Blue Jays, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Clever got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-23, 23-25, 28-26, 23-25, 18-16.
Sydney Bollenbach had a dynamite game for Clever, getting 24 digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Bollenbach now had ten or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Spokane lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Makenna Gideon, who had 19 digs. Another player making a difference was Hannah Evans, who had 32 digs and a kill.
Clever pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Spokane, they now have a losing record at 5-6-2.
Clever didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 defeat vs. Logan-Rogersville on the 20th. As for Spokane, they will head out to face off against New Covenant Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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