Volleyball Preview: New Bremen Cardinals vs. New London Wildcats
On Thursday New Bremen will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals takes on the New London Wildcats at 6:00 p.m.
New Bremen is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Minster as New Bremen made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant New Bremen was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-10, 25-13.
Keira Steininger went supernova for New Bremen, getting 11 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Steininger has posted since back in September.
New Bremen couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 64.7% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
New London had won two straight games and Ava Ringler did her part to make it three on Wednesday. New London came out on top in a nail-biter against Buckeye Central , sneaking past 3-2 thanks in part to Ringler, who had 17 digs and two aces. She has been hot , having posted 13 or more digs the last seven times she's played.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-102) New London actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-22, 17-25, 26-24, 15-13.
New Bremen pushed their record up to 22-3 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home. As for New London, they now have a winning record of 13-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: New Bremen has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.2 aces per game. However, it's not like New London struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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