Volleyball Preview: Highland Park Scots vs. Wakeland Wolverines
Highland Park and Wakeland are an even 4-4 against one another since August of 2017, but not for long. The Highland Park Scots will challenge the Wakeland Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Highland Park sitting on four straight wins and Wakeland on nine.
On Friday, everything went Highland Park's way against Turner as Highland Park made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Highland Park took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-8, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Wakeland made easy work of Newman Smith on Friday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wakeland was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-7, 25-12.
Wakeland's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Emily Dufresne, who had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Dufresne has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaleah Bauss, who had two aces and 20 assists.
Wakeland couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Highland Park's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-8. As for Wakeland, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Highland Park beat Wakeland 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August of 2022. Will Highland Park repeat their success, or does Wakeland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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