Volleyball Preview: Edgewood Mustangs vs. Owen Valley Patriots
Edgewood and Owen Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Edgewood Mustangs are on the road again on Thursday to play the Owen Valley Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Owen Valley took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Edgewood, who comes in off a win.
Edgewood is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since August 22nd on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Eastern Greene.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Edgewood was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-13, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Owen Valley wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-1), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Despite the defeat, Owen Valley saw an underclassman step up: Brailee Lecocq had ten digs. Lecocq has been hot recently, having posted eight or more digs the last four times she's played.
Even though they lost, Owen Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Edgewood's win bumped their record up to 7-9. As for Owen Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Edgewood took their victory against Owen Valley in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Edgewood since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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