Volleyball Preview: Gresham Community Wildcats vs. Tigerton Tigers
On Thursday Gresham Community will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Tigerton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Tigerton took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Gresham Community, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Gresham Community had just enough and edged Tournament Opponent out 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Gresham Community who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 18-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Tigerton's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-19, 25-7.
Despite the defeat, Tigerton saw an underclassman step up: Presley Stewart-Rolfs had 12 kills and eight digs. Stewart-Rolfs is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sienna Breaker, who had 15 digs.
Gresham Community has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Tigerton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Gresham Community has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Tigerton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Gresham Community's way against Tigerton in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Gresham Community made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gresham Community since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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