Volleyball Preview: Mohawk Warriors vs. Buckeye Central Bucks
The Mohawk Warriors will face off against the Buckeye Central Bucks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mohawk comes in on 16 and Buckeye Central on six.
Last Saturday, everything went Mohawk's way against Fostoria as Mohawk made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mohawk was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-3, 25-6.
Mohawk had a senior duo take command as Allison Russell had eight digs and four aces and Averie Barth had five digs and four aces. That's the most aces Barth has posted in her last eight matches.
Mohawk was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Buckeye Central earned a 3-1 victory over Ontario on Saturday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 27-25, 22-25, 25-12.
Olivia Bishop was nothing short of spectacular: she had 22 digs.
Mohawk pushed their record up to 16-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Buckeye Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Mohawk has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 10 aces per game. However, it's not like Buckeye Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mohawk beat Buckeye Central 3-1 in their previous matchup on September 5th. Does Mohawk have another victory up their sleeve, or will Buckeye Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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