Volleyball Preview: Nicolet Knights vs. Grafton Black Hawks
Nicolet has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Grafton Black Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Nicolet will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each match than the last.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Nicolet sidestepped Port Washington for a 3-2 win.
Nicolet was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 13-25, 25-21, 17-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Grafton entered their tilt with New Berlin Eisenhower on Saturday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Lions.
While Grafton won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the 0th set they played. The final score came out to 29-27, 25-20.
Nicolet's win ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-10. As for Grafton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Nicolet suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Grafton in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grafton's Kaitlin Muecke, who had seven aces and 21 assists. Now that Nicolet knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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