Volleyball Preview: Frankfort Hot Dogs vs. Crawfordsville Athenians
The Frankfort Hot Dogs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Crawfordsville Athenians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Frankfort made easy work of Clinton Central and carried off a 3-0 win.
Frankfort was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-19, 25-18.
Frankfort can attribute much of their success to Ashley Zheng, who had ten digs, and Morgan Harrington, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Harrington has posted in her last 15 matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Crawfordsville's way against Clinton Prairie on Monday as Crawfordsville made off with a 3-0 victory.
Crawfordsville's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Clinton Prairie between 17 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-19, 25-18.
Reese Price and Claire Peacock were among the main playmakers for Crawfordsville as the former had 12 kills, seven aces, and three digs and the latter had five kills, three digs, and 23 assists. Price is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Frankfort's win bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Crawfordsville, their victory bumped their record up to 16-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Frankfort has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Crawfordsville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Frankfort came up short against Crawfordsville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Will Frankfort have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
