Volleyball Preview: Evant Elks vs. Oglesby Tigers
Evant is 6-1 against Oglesby since August of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Evant Elks will head out to take on the Oglesby Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Evant will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Evant got the win against Jonesboro by a conclusive 3-0.
While Evant won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 26-24, 25-21.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Oglesby, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They blew past Lometa 3-0 on Friday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Oglesby was: they took every set by at least 18 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-5, 25-7.
Andrea Licea-Perez went supernova for Oglesby, getting eight aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Licea-Perez a new career-high in aces.
Evant has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. As for Oglesby, their victory bumped their record up to 18-11-1.
Everything went Evant's way against Oglesby when the teams last played last Friday, as Evant made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evant since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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