Volleyball Recap: Abigail Widmann Leads Gilbert to Victory over Gray Collegiate Academy

By Team Reports Nov 3, 2024, 1:12pm

Volleyball Recap: Gilbert Indians vs. Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles

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Gilbert won the last time they faced Gray Collegiate Academy and Abigail Widmann did her part to make sure it happened again. The Gilbert Indians skirted past the Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles 3-2 thanks in part to Widmann, who had 16 digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.

Gilbert wouldn't go down easily and took Gray Collegiate Academy into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 27-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-10.

Gilbert was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.

The victory got Gilbert back to even at 13-13. As for Gray Collegiate Academy, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-13-2.

Gilbert will challenge Aiken at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Aiken is coming into the game with six straight wins at home, so Gilbert will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Gray Collegiate Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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