Volleyball Game Preview: Wellington on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 1:39am

Volleyball Preview: Wellington Crusaders vs. Buhler Crusaders

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Wellington has been away from home for seven games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. After both having extra time off, they and the Buhler Crusaders will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Wellington will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Collegiate, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Wellington came out on top against Collegiate by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. While the Crusaders didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-22-5), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-19.

Meanwhile, Buhler didn't have done well against McPherson recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Buhler had just enough and edged McPherson out 2-1.

The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Buhler who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 21-25, 25-16.

Wellington has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Buhler, their victory bumped their record up to 2-5-2.

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