The Pleasant Valley Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Linn-Mar Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pleasant Valley saw some tournament action on Thursday. They put the hurt on Davenport North with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pleasant Valley was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-9, 25-7.
Pleasant Valley can attribute much of their success to Isabelle Kremer, who had 20 kills, and Carsyn Kelley, who had a kill and 25 assists. Kremer is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last eight games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Abigail Staats, who had nine digs.
Meanwhile, Linn-Mar waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Mustangs. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lions have posted since October 3rd.
Pleasant Valley pushed their record up to 31-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Linn-Mar, their victory bumped their record up to 17-14.
Pleasant Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Linn-Mar when the teams last played back in September of 2022, winning 2-0. Does Pleasant Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Linn-Mar turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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