Volleyball Recap: Union Grove's Winning Streak Snapped at Ten Games

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2024, 6:55pm

Volleyball Recap: Union Grove Wolverines vs. Blessed Trinity Titans

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Union Grove can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Blessed Trinity Titans on Tuesday. The Wolverines' loss signaled the end of their ten-game winning streak.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18.

Union Grove's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Sadie Peterson, who had nine digs, and Riley Bethea, who had ten kills, five aces, and four digs. Bethea is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.

Even though they lost, Union Grove was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive matches.

Leading Blessed Trinity to victory were Ruby Mcdermott and Allie Deweese. Mcdermott had 21 digs, while Deweese had five digs and 14 assists.

Union Grove's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 30-9. As for Blessed Trinity, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 29-10 record this season.

Union Grove does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Blessed Trinity, they will challenge Cartersville at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Blessed Trinity sitting on 13 straight wins and Cartersville on seven.

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