The Hiawatha Red Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the St. Marys Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hiawatha has three straight wins, St. Marys has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Hiawatha earned a 2-0 victory over Rossville.
Hiawatha never let Rossville on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22.
Among those leading the charge was Alija Contreras, who had 15 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, St. Marys didn't have quite enough to beat Wamego on Saturday and fell 2-1.
St. Marys started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-11, 25-20.
Hiawatha is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-15 record this season. As for St. Marys, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-14.
Hiawatha was able to grind out a solid win over St. Marys when the teams last played on September 7th, winning 2-0. Does Hiawatha have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Marys turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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