The Prairie Central Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Newark Norsemen at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Prairie Central beat St. Joseph-Ogden 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Prairie Central's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping St. Joseph-Ogden between 20 and 21 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Newark had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Hawks.
Newark easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-20.
Newark was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in ten consecutive matches.
Prairie Central's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-16. As for Newark, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7.
Prairie Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Newark in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Prairie Central 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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