Miller is 1-9 against Southern since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Miller Falcons will square off against the Southern Tornadoes at 12:30 p.m. Miller is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Miller will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Berne Union, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Miller put the hurt on Berne Union with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday.
While Miller won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-21.
Miller was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Southern didn't have quite enough to beat Waterford on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Southern took Waterford into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 25-15, 19-17.
Miller has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for Southern, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
Miller suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Southern in their previous matchup last Tuesday. Can Miller avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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