Russell entered their tilt with Ell-Saline on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Ell-Saline Cardinals. That's more bragging rights for the Broncos, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Russell got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-17, 29-31, 25-21.
Russell found their leader in underclassman Jasmine Jefferson, who had six digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Jefferson a new career-high in aces.
Russell was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Russell's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-9. As for Ell-Saline, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-14.
Russell will head out to take on Oakley at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Ell-Saline, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-1 defeat vs. Classical on the 28th.
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