The Minerva Lions will square off against the Fairless Falcons at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Minerva will be strutting in after a win while Fairless will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, everything went Minerva's way against Salem as Minerva made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Minerva was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the third set to get the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Fairless didn't have quite enough to beat Tuslaw on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Fairless took Tuslaw into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking six-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 15-9.
Minerva has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Fairless, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Minerva suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Fairless when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Minerva, Annabelle Kegley (who had 23 digs) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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