Volleyball Preview: Bear Creek Grizzlies vs. Overlake Owls
The Bear Creek Grizzlies will square off against the Overlake Owls at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Bear Creek is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Wednesday, Bear Creek earned a 3-1 victory over King's.
Bear Creek 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 26-28, 25-16, 25-22, 25-14.
Bear Creek relied on the efforts of Ella Santodomingo, who had 21 digs and two aces, and Lindsey Kim, who had 30 digs. Santodomingo has been hot recently, having also posted 13 or more assists the last ten times she's played.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Wednesday Overlake sidestepped Eastside Prep for a 3-2 win.
Overlake wouldn't go down easily and took Eastside Prep into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 22-25, 20-25, 15-11.
Overlake relied on the efforts of Sophie Jiang, who had three aces and 19 assists, and Sheila Zhang, who had nine kills, six aces, and five digs. That's the most aces Jiang has posted since back in September.
Overlake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matches.
Bear Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Overlake, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: Bear Creek hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 4.4 blocks per game. However, it's not like Overlake struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bear Creek took their victory against Overlake when the teams last played on October 4th by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bear Creek since the squad 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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