Volleyball Preview: Loogootee Lions vs. Castle Knights
Loogootee hasn't had much luck against Castle recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Loogootee Lions will head out to challenge the Castle Knights at 9:00 a.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Loogootee took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Washington out 3-2.
Loogootee took Washington into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-11, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Castle came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Colonels as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Castle was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-7, 25-10.
Castle can attribute much of their success to Caroline Kenworthy, who had ten digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Kenworthy a new career-high in aces.
Castle couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 42.6%.
Loogootee's record is now 15-5. As for Castle, their victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 24-3.
Loogootee came up short against Castle in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Loogootee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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