Sparta hasn't had much luck against Okawville recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Sparta Bulldogs will square off against the Okawville Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Sparta is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Sparta will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Chester, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Sparta had just enough and edged Chester out 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Sparta who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Okawville was able to grind out a solid win over Father McGivney Catholic on Wednesday, taking the game 2-0.
Okawville easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-14.
Okawville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight games.
Sparta is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season. As for Okawville, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-19.
Sparta skirted past Okawville 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sparta since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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