Marissa/Coulterville and Steeleville are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2022, but not for long. The Marissa/Coulterville Meteors are taking a road trip to face off against the Steeleville Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Marissa/Coulterville took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Valmeyer out 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Marissa/Coulterville got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-17, 20-25, 25-18.
Marissa/Coulterville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last nine contests.
Meanwhile, Steeleville had just enough and edged New Athens out 2-1 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Steeleville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-9.
Marissa/Coulterville has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for Steeleville, they pushed their record up to 16-9 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Marissa/Coulterville skirted past Steeleville 2-1 in their previous meeting on Saturday. Will Marissa/Coulterville repeat their success, or does Steeleville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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