Volleyball Preview: New London Wildcats vs. Western Reserve Roughriders
New London is 1-9 against Western Reserve since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The New London Wildcats will head out to square off against the Western Reserve Roughriders at 5:30 p.m. New London is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
It was a proper cat-fight when New London duked it out withCrestview on Tuesday. New London walked away with a 3-1 victory over Crestview.
New London 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 28-30, 25-16, 25-22, 25-19.
New London's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ava Ringler, who had 32 digs, and Hailie Pylant, who had 11 digs and three aces. Those three aces gave Pylant a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: New London 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 six aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve suffered their biggest loss since October 18, 2023 on Tuesday. They came up short against Monroeville, falling 3-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Roughriders were not able to get on the board.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-9, 25-21.
New London is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Western Reserve, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5.
New London suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Western Reserve in their previous meeting back in September. Can New London avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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