Volleyball Preview: Kalida and Ottoville Square Off

The Kalida Wildcats will face off against the Ottoville Big Green at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Coming off a road loss, Kalida was happy to be home on Wednesday where their crowd gave them all the motivation they needed. They narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory against New Knoxville.

Kalida took New Knoxville into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12.

Kalida's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Carlie Siefker, who had 22 digs and four aces. The team also got some help from Addilyn Huber, who had 14 kills, 14 digs, and three aces.

Meanwhile, Ottoville made easy work of Continental on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Big Green.

Ottoville walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-16, 25-21.

Ottoville's victory brought them up to 16-7. As for Kalida, they have now won 13 of their last 14 games at home. That's helped them to an 18-5 record this season.