Volleyball Preview: Buffalo Bison vs. Ripley Vikings
The Buffalo Bison will face off against the Ripley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Buffalo will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, Buffalo beat Wirt County 2-0.
Buffalo's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Wirt County between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-16.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ripley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They skirted past Ravenswood 3-2.
Ripley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 26-28, 25-23, 25-18, 15-8.
Ripley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Buffalo is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 36-8-1 record this season. As for Ripley, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-13-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Buffalo has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Ripley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Buffalo beat Ripley 2-0 in their previous meeting on October 5th. Does Buffalo have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ripley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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