Volleyball Preview: Greensburg Pirates vs. Franklin County Wildcats
Greensburg has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to take on the Franklin County Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, everything went Greensburg's way against Connersville as Greensburg made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Greensburg was: they took every set by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-9, 25-16.
Greensburg found their leader in underclassman Kirkley Lowe, who had eight digs and two aces. Lowe is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Greensburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Franklin County narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Centerville 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Franklin County took Centerville into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-17, 25-27, 18-25, 15-13.
Greensburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Franklin County, their record is now 3-12.
Greensburg took their victory against Franklin County in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Greensburg repeat their success, or does Franklin County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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