Volleyball Preview: Valley Christian Panthers vs. Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats
Valley Christian hasn't had much luck against Wilbur-Creston-Keller recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers faces off against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Valley Christian sitting on three straight victories and Wilbur-Creston-Keller on four.
Valley Christian will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Almira-Coulee-Hartline, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Valley Christian blew past Almira-Coulee-Hartline 3-0 on Thursday.
Valley Christian got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 30-28, 25-15, 25-23.
Meanwhile, everything went Wilbur-Creston-Keller's way against Almira-Coulee-Hartline on Tuesday as Wilbur-Creston-Keller made off with a 3-0 win.
Wilbur-Creston-Keller never let Almira-Coulee-Hartline on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-4, 25-23.
Wilbur-Creston-Keller was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive contests.
Valley Christian's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Wilbur-Creston-Keller, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Valley Christian suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Wilbur-Creston-Keller in their previous meeting on October 8th. Will Valley Christian have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
