Volleyball Preview: Bear Creek Bears vs. Westminster Wolves
The Bear Creek Bears will head out to challenge the Westminster Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Bear Creek will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Bear Creek beat Littleton 3-1.
Bear Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-14, 25-12, 25-15.
Bear Creek found their leader in underclassman Berkeley Williams, who had four aces and three digs.
Bear Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Westminster made easy work of Boulder on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wolves.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Westminster was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-14, 25-11.
Bear Creek now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Westminster, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Bear Creek has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 10 aces per game. However, it's not like Westminster struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bear Creek came up short against Westminster in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, falling 3-1. Can Bear Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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