Volleyball Game Preview: Rolla Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 12:16am

Volleyball Preview: Rolla Bulldogs vs. West Plains Zizzers

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The Rolla Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the West Plains Zizzers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Rolla took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They had just enough and edged Sullivan out 3-2.

Rolla took Sullivan into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 25-17, 20-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-10.

Meanwhile, West Plains had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Mules out 3-2.

In the three sets West Plains was on fire: they won each by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 21-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-4.

Rolla's win bumped their record up to 7-8-1. As for West Plains, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.

Rolla came up short against West Plains when the teams last played on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Rolla avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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