Volleyball Preview: Independence Blue Devils vs. Mapleton Mounties
Independence is on a 16-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Mapleton is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Independence Blue Devils will welcome the Mapleton Mounties at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, everything went Independence's way against Trinity as Independence made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Independence took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-8, 25-12.
Alberta Moreal was the offensive standout of the contest as she had five aces and 13 assists. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Mapleton hadn't done well against Black River recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Mapleton walked away with a 3-1 victory over Black River.
Mapleton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 26-24, 26-24, 25-20.
Independence's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Mapleton, their victory bumped their record up to 5-18.
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