The Brookside Cardinals will head out to square off against the Firelands Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Brookside is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since September 17th on Tuesday. They came up short against Black River, falling 3-0. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Firelands narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Cloverleaf 2-1.
Firelands had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-12, 25-21.
Brookside now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Firelands, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Brookside might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Firelands when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Firelands' Stella Frederick, who had 20 digs and three aces. Now that Brookside knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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