Volleyball Game Preview: Central Christian Cougars vs. Norwich Eagles

By Team Reports Oct 10, 2025, 10:01pm

Volleyball Preview: Central Christian Cougars vs. Norwich Eagles

Central Christian is 8-2 against Norwich since October of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Central Christian sitting on eight straight victories and Norwich on four.

It was a proper cat-fight when Central Christian faced off against Cunningham on Tuesday. The Cougars narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Wildcats 2-1.

Central Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-17.

Player #10

Digs (Career)

10/07/25 vs Cunningham27
09/06/25 @ Pretty Prairie23
10/04/25 vs Caldwell15
09/06/25 @ Marion11
10/04/25 @ South Haven9

Player #10 was a one-woman wrecking crew as she had 27 digs and one assist. Those 27 digs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrienne Walter, who had 12 digs.

Meanwhile, Norwich hadn't done well against Pretty Prairie recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Eagles skirted past the Bulldogs 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Eagles have posted since September 18th.

It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Norwich got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 18-25, 25-14.

Central Christian's record now sits at 16-9. As for Norwich, their record is now 15-12.

Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Central Christian has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Norwich struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.7 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Central Christian beat Norwich 2-0 in their previous matchup on Saturday. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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