Western Branch hasn't had much luck against Grassfield recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Western Branch Bruins and the Grassfield Grizzlies will meet for a tough Bear Battle.
Western Branch is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Great Bridge. While the Bruins didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wildcats 25-17 in the first period.
Western Branch started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-17, 25-16, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Grassfield made easy work of Lakeland on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Grizzlies.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-18, 25-9.
Landyn Smith was a one-man wrecking crew for Grassfield as she had five aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in aces.
Grassfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 12 consecutive games.
Western Branch's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Grassfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
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