Volleyball Preview: Marathon Red Raiders vs. Auburndale Apaches
After two games on the road, Marathon is heading back home. They will welcome the Auburndale Apaches at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Marathon narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Tomahawk 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Marathon got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 24-26, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Auburndale waltzed into their game on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Royals with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Apaches have posted since September 12th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Auburndale was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-7, 25-11.
Auburndale can attribute much of their success to Kylie Anderson, who had 13 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Anderson has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylnn Scherr, who had five digs and 12 assists.
Auburndale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 7.8.
Marathon's victory bumped their record up to 19-7. As for Auburndale, they pushed their record up to 13-11 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Marathon came up short against Auburndale when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Will Marathon have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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