Volleyball Preview: Lehighton Indians vs. Southern Lehigh Spartans
Lehighton is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Southern Lehigh is on a 13-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Lehighton Indians will host the Southern Lehigh Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Lehighton beat Pocono Mountain West 3-1.
Lehighton got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 30-28, 19-25, 25-22.
Lehighton can attribute much of their success to Makenna Snyder, who had 28 digs, 17 kills, and two aces, and Autumn Clewell, who had four digs and 41 assists. Clewell is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything went Southern Lehigh's way against Northwestern Lehigh on Thursday as Southern Lehigh made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Southern Lehigh took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-14, 25-6.
Southern Lehigh relied on the efforts of Mia Stanten, who had five digs and three aces, and Bella Germani, who had five digs.
She wasn't the only good server: Southern Lehigh was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive contests.
Lehighton has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Southern Lehigh, their win bumped their record up to 17-1-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Lehighton has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 12.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Southern Lehigh struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lehighton might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Southern Lehigh when the teams last played back in September. Will Lehighton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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