McDonald has won five straight games at home, while LaBrae has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The McDonald Blue Devils will welcome the LaBrae Vikings at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
McDonald will bounce into Monday's game after beating Mineral Ridge, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. McDonald sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Mineral Ridge on Tuesday.
McDonald took Mineral Ridge into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-27, 15-8.
Miley Titus went supernova for McDonald, getting 27 digs. Titus is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday LaBrae sidestepped Newton Falls for a 3-2 victory.
LaBrae took Newton Falls into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10.
McDonald's win bumped their record up to 12-0. As for LaBrae, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
McDonald beat LaBrae 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will McDonald repeat their success, or does LaBrae have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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