Marathon hasn't had much luck against Mosinee recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Marathon narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pacelli 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Raiders.
Marathon was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (101-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-18, 14-25, 26-24, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Mosinee waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. They came out on top against the Thunderbirds by a score of 3-1.
Mosinee was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22.
Taelyn Jirschele and Miranda Shnowske were among the main playmakers for Mosinee as the former had five aces and four digs and the latter had eight digs and two aces. That's the most aces Jirschele has posted in her last ten matches.
Mosinee was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive contests.
Marathon is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Mosinee, they pushed their record up to 23-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Marathon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Mosinee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Marathon came up short against Mosinee when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mosinee's Lisa Maurer, who had four digs and three aces. Now that Marathon 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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