With a playoff game on the line, Shullsburg rose to the challenge on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Monticello Ponies out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Miners, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Shullsburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 16-14.
Taylor Russell paced Shullsburg's offense, picking up 24 kills. Russell got some help from
Evvie Ennis and her 22 assists.
Isabelle Wiegel controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Shullsburg is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for Monticello, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-11.
Shullsburg has already played their next contest, a 3-1 loss against Barneveld on the 26th. Monticello does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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