Volleyball Preview: Centralia Orphans vs. Marion Wildcats
Centralia has gone 9-1 against Marion recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Centralia Orphans will be playing at home against the Marion Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Centralia will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Last Tuesday, Centralia was able to grind out a solid win over Cahokia, taking the game 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Centralia was: they took both sets by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-10.
Centralia can attribute much of their success to Emaleigh Davis, who had six aces and five digs. The dominant performance gave Davis a new career-high in aces.
Centralia was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cahokia only served an.
Meanwhile, Marion was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Carbondale by a score of 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Marion sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 23-25, 25-16.
Centralia is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Marion, they now have a losing record at 9-10.
Centralia beat Marion 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Centralia repeat their success, or does Marion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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