Volleyball Preview: Sulphur Springs Wildcats vs. Paris Wildcats
Sulphur Springs has gone 8-2 against Paris recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Sulphur Springs Wildcats will be playing at home against the Paris Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Tuesday, Sulphur Springs had just enough and edged Pittsburg out 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Sulphur Springs who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Paris faced off against North Lamar on Tuesday. Paris won by a set and slipped past North Lamar 3-2.
Paris was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-100), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 26-24, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Paris can attribute much of their success to Makenzie Besteman, who had 18 digs and a kill. Besteman is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.
Paris kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in August.
Sulphur Springs is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-14 record this season. As for Paris, their victory bumped their record up to 26-13.
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