Waverly is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Bennington is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Waverly Vikings will welcome the Bennington Badgers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Waverly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Elkhorn South, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Waverly was ranked tenth). Waverly skirted past Elkhorn South 2-1.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (69-65) Waverly actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-21, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Bennington can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Standing Bear.
Bennington 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 20-25, 25-20, 25-15, 27-25.
Waverly is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Bennington, their win bumped their record up to 14-7.
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