Geneva won the last time they faced Madison, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Geneva Eagles came out on top in a nail-biter against the Madison Blue Streaks , sneaking past 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Geneva took Madison into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 22-25, 15-13.
Geneva got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kailyn Cerjan out in front who had 26 digs and three aces. Cerjan is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cora Brace, who had 26 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Geneva was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2.8 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 14.2.
Madison lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jadeyn Zepeda, who had ten digs and four aces. Ally Negin was another key player, getting eight digs and four aces.
Geneva is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 3-8 record this season. As for Madison, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Geneva will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Edgewood at 6:00 p.m. As for Madison, they will head out to face off against Lakeside at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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