Volleyball Preview: Woods Cross Wildcats vs. Clearfield Falcons
The Woods Cross Wildcats will stay at home for another game and welcome the Clearfield Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Woods Cross is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bountiful, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Woods Cross was ranked 11th). Woods Cross took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bountiful on Tuesday. The Wildcats' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Bountiful scored at least 18 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Clearfield got the win against Viewmont on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Clearfield was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-15.
Clearfield found their leader in underclassman Erin Lowry, who had eight digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Lowry a new career-high in aces.
Clearfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Woods Cross' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-4. As for Clearfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season.
Everything went Woods Cross' way against Clearfield in their previous meeting back in September, as Woods Cross made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Woods Cross have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clearfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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