The Perham Yellowjackets will take on the Hawley Nuggets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Perham is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Frazee.
Perham had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 29-27, 25-6, 25-19.
Perham got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Sophie Nelson out in front who had 17 digs. What's more, Nelson also racked up no blocks, the mostshe's had in her last three games. Another player making a difference was Khyla Green, who had seven digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Perham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Hawley had already won nine in a row and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Mainstreeters out 2-1.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 27-29, 27-25, 15-10.
Perham's record is now 11-17. As for Hawley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season.
Perham came up short against Hawley when the teams last played on October 8th, falling 3-1. Can Perham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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