Volleyball Preview: Galena Park Yellowjackets vs. Westbury Huskies
The Galena Park Yellowjackets are taking a road trip to face off against the Westbury Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Galena Park has 21 straight wins, Westbury has 19 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, everything went Galena Park's way against Sharpstown as Galena Park made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Galena Park took every set by at least 14 points. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-11, 25-6.
Galena Park relied on the efforts of Jada Bryant, who had five aces and four digs, and Abigail Esqueda, who had four digs and three aces. Esqueda is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Galena Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 68 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Westbury came up short against Madison last Friday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-14.
Galena Park's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 31-5. As for Westbury, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Galena Park took their victory against Westbury in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Galena Park 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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