Volleyball Game Preview: Aurora Huskies vs. Hastings Tigers

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2025, 2:00am

Volleyball Preview: Aurora Huskies vs. Hastings Tigers

Aurora and Hastings are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Huskies will host the Tigers on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Aurora is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Seward just ended the team's three-match winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Bluejays.

While Aurora had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 20 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-21, 15-25, 25-20.

Trinity Uhrmacher

Digs

10/07/25 @ Seward21
10/02/25 @ North Platte18
09/27/25 @ Lincoln Christian10
09/27/25 vs Sidney22
09/27/25 vs Ashland-Greenwood33
+ 13 more games

Aurora's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Trinity Uhrmacher, who had 21 digs and one assist, and Baya Chamness, who had four digs and four aces. Uhrmacher has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 18 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Hailey Hoff, who had 36 assists and six digs.

Meanwhile, Hastings lost 3-0 to Gretna on Tuesday. The Tigers have struggled against the Dragons recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

The final score came out to 25-15, 25-12, 25-5.

Aurora's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Hastings, their loss dropped their record down to 4-18.

Aurora beat Hastings 3-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Will the Huskies repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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