Volleyball Preview: Circleville Tigers vs. Fairfield Union Falcons
Circleville is 9-1 against Fairfield Union since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Circleville Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Fairfield Union Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Circleville made easy work of Logan Elm and carried off a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was Circleville's feisty defense: they held Logan Elm to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Fairfield Union got the win against Amanda-Clearcreek on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Fairfield Union never let Amanda-Clearcreek on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 26-24, 25-6.
Fairfield Union can attribute much of their success to Madison Collins, who had 20 digs and two aces, and Brooklyn Moro, who had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Moro has posted in her last eight matches.
Fairfield Union kept the net locked down and finished the game with 15 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least seven blocks in nine consecutive matchups.
Circleville's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-7. As for Fairfield Union, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3.
Circleville was able to grind out a solid victory over Fairfield Union in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Circleville repeat their success, or does Fairfield Union have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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