Mellen had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Butternut Midgets by a score of 3-1. For the Granite Diggers, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 loss the Midgets walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
Mellen was staring down a 1-1 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 21-25, 25-18, 25-15.
Mellen was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Mellen has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7 record this season. As for Butternut, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-3 record.
Mellen will square off against Drummond at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Butternut, they will head out to challenge South Shore at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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