Volleyball Preview: El Paso-Gridley Titans vs. Orion Chargers
The El Paso-Gridley Titans will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Orion Chargers at 6:00 p.m.
El Paso-Gridley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Eureka by a score of 2-0.
El Paso-Gridley easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Orion waltzed into their contest on Thursday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. They won by a set and slipped past the Rams 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Orion who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-27, 25-10.
Lainey Kunert had an outrageously good game as she had 11 digs, six kills, and 24 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellie Knupp, who had 14 kills, three digs, and two aces.
El Paso-Gridley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-7 record this season. As for Orion, their win was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 31-6.
El Paso-Gridley came up short against Orion when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 2-0. Can El Paso-Gridley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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