Volleyball Game Preview: Poquoson Islanders vs. Smithfield Packers

By Team Reports Oct 13, 2024, 10:31pm

Volleyball Preview: Poquoson Islanders vs. Smithfield Packers

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Poquoson is 9-1 against Smithfield since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Poquoson Islanders will host the Smithfield Packers at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Thursday, Poquoson didn't have quite enough to beat York and fell 3-2.

Poquoson wouldn't go down easily and took York into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking six-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 24-26, 17-25, 15-9.

Meanwhile, Smithfield lost 3-0 to Grafton on Thursday.

Smithfield was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-18, 25-15.

Poquoson now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Smithfield, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.

Poquoson skirted past Smithfield 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. Will Poquoson repeat their success, or does Smithfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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