Volleyball Preview: Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles vs. Spearfish Spartans
Aberdeen Central is 6-1 against Spearfish since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. Aberdeen Central is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Aberdeen Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Jefferson, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Aberdeen Central was ranked 16th). Aberdeen Central fell just short of Jefferson by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.
Aberdeen Central took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-14, 17-25, 25-14, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Spearfish got the win against Douglas on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
Spearfish never let Douglas on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-12, 25-22.
Brooklynn Yackley and Avery Kirk were among the main playmakers for Spearfish as the former had 14 digs and the latter had 12 kills, ten digs, and a block. Yackley has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Aberdeen Central's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Spearfish, their victory bumped their record up to 23-9.
Aberdeen Central came up short against Spearfish in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Aberdeen Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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