Volleyball Recap: Lauren Aguilar and J'leigh Larra Secure Win for Walnut Grove

By Team Reports Oct 30, 2024, 8:57am

Volleyball Recap: Walnut Grove Wildcats vs. Melissa Cardinals

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Melissa typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Walnut Grove proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Melissa Cardinals. This was payback for the Wildcats, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.

Walnut Grove had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-15, 27-25.

Leading Walnut Grove to victory were J'Leigh Larra and Lauren Aguilar. Larra had ten digs, while Aguilar had 12 digs and two aces. Aguilar has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 16 times she's played.

The victory made it two in a row for Walnut Grove and bumps their season record up to 27-16. As for Melissa, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 34-8.

As of now, neither Walnut Grove nor Melissa have any future games scheduled.

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