Volleyball Preview: Castle Knights vs. Loogootee Lions
Castle has gone 10-0 against Loogootee recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Castle Knights will be playing at home against the Loogootee Lions at 9:00 a.m. Castle will be looking to keep their 20-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
On Thursday, everything went Castle's way against Henderson County as Castle made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Castle was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-7, 25-10.
Among those leading the charge was Caroline Kenworthy, who had ten digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Castle couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.7% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 42.6%.
Meanwhile, Loogootee had just enough and edged Washington out 3-2 on Thursday.
Loogootee took Washington into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-11, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11.
Castle's record is now 24-3. As for Loogootee, their record is now 15-5.
Castle beat Loogootee 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Castle repeat their success, or does Loogootee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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