Gresham Community has gone 9-0 against Marion recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Gresham Community Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Marion Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Gresham Community is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
Last Thursday, everything went Gresham Community's way against Tigerton as Gresham Community made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-22, 25-21.
Gresham Community found their leader in underclassman Addison Fisher, who had ten digs.
Gresham Community 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 eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Marion didn't have quite enough to beat Port Edwards on Monday and fell 3-2. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Blackhawks recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Marion took a 2-0 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next three. After all that action, the final score was 21-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-20, 15-4.
The losing side was boosted by Taya Jannusch, who had 15 digs and three aces.
Gresham Community is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Marion, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Gresham Community has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Marion struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Gresham Community's way against Marion when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Gresham Community made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Gresham Community have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marion turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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