Volleyball Preview: Banff Bears vs. Humble Christian Cougars
The Banff Bears will square off against the Humble Christian Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Banff will be strutting in after a win while Humble Christian will be coming in after a loss.
Humble Christian is hoping to do what Texas Christian couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Banff's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Banff's way against Texas Christian as Banff made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Banff was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-9, 25-7.
Banff was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 35 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 25.2.
Meanwhile, Humble Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Saturday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (2-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 25-21.
Banff has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Humble Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-5.
Banff came up short against Humble Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Banff avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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