Volleyball Recap: Galena picks up eighth straight win at home

By Team Reports Sep 29, 2024, 9:36pm

Volleyball Recap: Galena Bears vs. Wheaton Bulldogs

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Galena had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Saturday. They came out on top against the Wheaton Bulldogs by a score of 2-0. The Bears have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Galena took both sets by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-11.

Galena couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.7% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 25.2% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 37%.

Galena's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5. As for Wheaton, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.

Galena didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win vs. Southern Missouri RUSH on the 28th. Wheaton has also already played their next matchup, a 1-1 tie against Southwest on the 28th.

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