The South Range Raiders and the Crestview Rebels are set to duel on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as South Range comes in on three and Crestview on 24.
Last Tuesday, South Range earned a 3-1 victory over Canton Central Catholic.
South Range was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 24-26, 25-23, 25-10.
South Range was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Crestview had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Wildcats as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Crestview was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-10, 25-9.
Crestview can attribute much of their success to Natalie Blakeman, who had five digs and four aces.
South Range is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Crestview, their victory was their 13th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-0.
South Range might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Crestview in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Can South Range avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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