Breese Central won the last time they faced Salem, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Breese Central Cougars beat the Salem Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Breese Central took both sets by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-10.
Breese Central can attribute much of their success to Abby Shanafelt, who had two aces.
Breese Central couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.5% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 26.4% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 35.8%.
Breese Central's record now sits at 14-7. As for Salem, the loss snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 14-8 record.
Breese Central didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against Waterloo on the 4th. As for Salem, they will head out to challenge Centralia at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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