Volleyball Preview: Strawberry Crest Chargers vs. Wharton Wildcats
Strawberry Crest hasn't had much luck against Wharton recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Strawberry Crest Chargers will look to defend their home court against the Wharton Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Strawberry Crest will stroll in with a seven game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their the 28th matchup with Wharton.
Strawberry Crest is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Bloomingdale just ended the team's 14-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulls. The game marked the Chargers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
While Strawberry Crest had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 21 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-23, 19-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Wharton made easy work of Spoto on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wharton was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-7, 25-12.
Lauren Galfond was the offensive standout of the contest as she had three digs and two aces. Galfond is also crushing it when it comes to assists: she's posted at least eight every time she's taken the court this season.
Wharton couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 60.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was in their last 12 matches.
Having lost for the first time this season, Strawberry Crest fell to 14-1. As for Wharton, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
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