MAC Lady Cardinals Extend Win Streak to Six After Five Set Thriller with Jefferson

(Park Hills, MO) The Mineral Area Lady Cardinals’ win streak reaches six games after a five set thriller on Tuesday night against the Jefferson Lady Vikings. MAC grabbed the lead late and hung on 25-19, 21-25, 25-17, 17-25, 15-12.

The Lady Cardinals looked strong to start the first set using a 6-1 rally to take a five point lead at 8-3. A later 4-0 spurt propelled the Lady Cards to a 17-12 lead before a Jefferson timeout, and a later MAC timeout sandwiched a 7-4 attack from the Lady Vikings to get back within two points 21-19.

MAC closed out the first set on a 4-0 run.

Jeffco took the second set and trailed at just three points in the set (10-9, 11-9, 11-10). A back-and-forth third set saw MAC use an 18-8 advantage to go from trailing 9-7 to winning 25-17 as Jefferson never really had a sustained attack.

But the fourth set flipped 180 degrees. It was all JeffCo from the start as they led 8-4 before a MAC timeout. The margin was never less than three points after the timeout.

The fifth set featured seven total ties and two lead changes. MAC held a 6-4 advantage that was erased by Jefferson after they called a timeout. From 7-7 through 12-12 there were five ties. MAC used a 5-0 spurt to close out the final set and win the match.

The Lady Cardinals (9-3) will play at Lewis & Clark on Friday.

Broadcast Schedule

Saturday, November 23:
6:00p, NHL: St. Louis @ NY Islanders*
6:30p, MBB: Wabash Valley @ Mineral Area
Sunday, November 24:
11:00a, NFL, Week 12: Kansas City @ Carolina
Monday, November 25:
4:30p, BBB, AV Tourn Qtrs: 1-South Iron vs 8-Bis
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ NY Rangers*
6:30p, BBB, AV Tourn Qtrs: 2-WC vs 7-Clearwater
8:00p, BBB, AV Tourn Qtrs: 3-Fred vs 6-Ellington
Tuesday, November 26:
4:30p, BBB, AV Tourn Qtrs: 4-AV vs 5-Lesterville
6:30p, GBB: Bismarck @ Arcadia Valley
Wednesday, November 27:
12:30p, WBB: Southwestern IL @ Mineral Area
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ New Jersey*
6:00p, BBB, AV Tournament Semifinal: TBD vs TBD^
8:00p, BBB, AV Tournament Semifinal: TBD vs TBD^
Thursday, November 28:
6:30p, BBB, AV Tournament 3rd Place Game^
8:00p, BBB, AV Tournament Championship Game^
Friday, November 29:
1:00p, NFL, Week 13: Kansas City @ Las Vegas
Saturday, November 30:
5:30p, NHL: Philadelphia @ St. Louis*
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* - denotes game on B104.3