The Menomonee Falls Phoenix will face off against the Indian Trail Hawks at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Menomonee Falls is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wisconsin's top teams: Divine Savior Holy Angels, who was ranked first at the time (Menomonee Falls was ranked sixth). The Phoenix took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Divine Savior Holy Angels on Tuesday.
While Menomonee Falls ultimately came up short, they really made Divine Savior Holy Angels work, particularly in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Indian Trail didn't have quite enough to beat Franklin on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back matches.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:three sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 25-27, 26-24, 25-20, 25-27, 15-11.
Indian Trail's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 25-6. As for Menomonee Falls, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 22-8.
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