Volleyball Preview: Fort Calhoun Pioneers vs. Raymond Central Mustangs
Fort Calhoun and Raymond Central are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Fort Calhoun Pioneers will host the Raymond Central Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Calhoun is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Fort Calhoun is headed into the game having just posted their biggest win since October 23, 2023 last Tuesday. They put the hurt on Brownell Talbot with a sharp 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-22, 25-18.
Fort Calhoun can attribute much of their success to Sophie Weeks, who had three digs and three aces, and Jordan Faucher, who had five digs and two aces. Weeks has been hot recently, having also posted ten or more assists the last four times she's played.
Fort Calhoun was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Raymond Central was able to grind out a solid win over Crete on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Raymond Central took both sets by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-14.
Fort Calhoun's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Raymond Central, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.
Fort Calhoun suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Raymond Central when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Raymond Central's Savannah Masek, who had seven digs and two aces. Now that Fort Calhoun knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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