Volleyball Preview: Garden Plain Owls vs. Hesston Swathers
Garden Plain is 8-2 against Hesston since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Garden Plain Owls will face off against the Hesston Swathers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Garden Plain sitting on four straight victories and Hesston on ten.
Garden Plain will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Cheney, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Garden Plain had just enough and edged Cheney out 2-1 on Thursday.
Garden Plain 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, 25-19, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Hesston was able to grind out a solid win over Smoky Valley on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Hesston didn't let Smoky Valley take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-23.
Garden Plain pushed their record up to 7-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Hesston, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
Garden Plain took their victory against Hesston in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garden Plain since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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