After three games on the road, Anacortes is heading back home. They will host the Nooksack Valley Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Anacortes made easy work of Blaine and carried off a 3-0 win.
Anacortes' not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Blaine between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Anacortes' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Raely Devries, who had five digs and two aces, and Jenna Baker, who had six digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Devries a new career-high in aces.
Anacortes 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 nine aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Nooksack Valley had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bulldogs.
Anacortes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season. As for Nooksack Valley, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4.
Anacortes was able to grind out a solid win over Nooksack Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Anacortes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nooksack Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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