Volleyball Preview: Sipsey Valley Bears vs. Tuscaloosa County Wildcats
The Sipsey Valley Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Tuscaloosa County Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sipsey Valley has three straight wins, Tuscaloosa County has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Wednesday, Sipsey Valley beat Brookwood 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-10, 24-26, 25-20.
Sipsey Valley relied on the efforts of Morgan Dockery, who had 23 digs and three aces, and Sadie Hamner, who had 16 digs and two aces. Dockery has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Sipsey Valley kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least six blocks in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Tuscaloosa County faced off against Pell City on Saturday. Tuscaloosa County fell just short of Pell City by a score of 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Tuscaloosa County sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 0-25, 15-0.
Sipsey Valley's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-9. As for Tuscaloosa County, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-23.
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