Volleyball Preview: Fort Osage Indians vs. Truman Patriots
Fort Osage hasn't had much luck against Truman recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Fort Osage Indians will venture away from home to challenge the Truman Patriots at 5:30 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Fort Osage came up short against Platte County and fell 3-1. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Fort Osage started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-11, 25-13, 25-12.
Meanwhile, everything went Truman's way against Chrisman on Tuesday as Truman made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Patriots.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Truman was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-14, 25-10.
Truman's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Addisson Gardner, who had 18 digs and two aces, and Mia Stone, who had four aces and three digs.
They weren't the only good server: Truman was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive matches.
Fort Osage's loss dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Truman, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 24-4-1.
Fort Osage suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Truman when the teams last played back in September. Can Fort Osage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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