Volleyball Preview: West Johnston Wildcats vs. Hunt Warriors
West Johnston is 1-8 against Hunt since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The West Johnston Wildcats will take on the Hunt Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Hunt took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on West Johnston, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, West Johnston made easy work of C.B. Aycock and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-19, 25-23.
West Johnston can attribute much of their success to Paige Brown, who had eight digs and three aces. Brown has been hot recently, having posted four or more digs the last six times she's played.
West Johnston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Hunt's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of South Johnston by a score of 3-2.
Hunt took South Johnston into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-16, 19-25, 25-12, 15-11.
Greta Speight put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had nine digs and 11 assists.
West Johnston is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Hunt, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: West Johnston has serving mastered this season, having averaged 13 aces per game. However, it's not like Hunt struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
West Johnston came up short against Hunt in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can West Johnston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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