Volleyball Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Grand Oaks Grizzlies
Cleveland is 0-6 against Grand Oaks since August of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Cleveland Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Grand Oaks Grizzlies at 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Oak Ridge, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-7, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Grand Oaks waltzed into their match on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top against the Highlanders by a score of 3-1.
Grand Oaks 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 17-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20.
Cali Reece was a one-man wrecking crew for Grand Oaks as she had 16 digs and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Grand Oaks was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.8.
Cleveland's loss dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Grand Oaks, they pushed their record up to 29-6 with the victory, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cleveland might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Grand Oaks when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Reece, who had eight aces and seven digs. Now that Cleveland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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