The LaBrae Vikings will head out to take on the Newton Falls Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Wednesday, LaBrae sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Jackson-Milton.
LaBrae was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (111-110), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 23-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-13.
LaBrae was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Newton Falls sidestepped Southeast for a 3-2 victory.
Newton Falls took Southeast into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-19, 15-11.
LaBrae is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Newton Falls, their win bumped their record up to 5-7.
Everything went LaBrae's way against Newton Falls when the teams last played back in August as LaBrae made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for LaBrae since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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