The Byron Bears will square off against the Stewartville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Byron sitting on nine straight victories and Stewartville on ten.
Last Wednesday, Byron was able to grind out a solid win over Kasson-Mantorville, taking the game 3-1.
Byron walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-9, 20-25, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Stewartville got the win against Red Wing on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Stewartville never let Red Wing on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-11, 25-15.
Byron pushed their record up to 24-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Stewartville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season.
Everything went Byron's way against Stewartville in their previous meeting back in September, as Byron made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Byron since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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