Volleyball Preview: Vancleave Bulldogs vs. Laurel Golden Tornadoes
The Vancleave Bulldogs will face off against the Laurel Golden Tornadoes at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vancleave has six straight wins, Laurel has 12 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, Vancleave got the win against Gautier by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Vancleave was: they took every set by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-15, 25-13.
Vancleave was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 19.6.
Laurel might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to East Central, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Vancleave has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Laurel, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Vancleave's way against Laurel when the teams last played back in August as Vancleave made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Vancleave have another victory up their sleeve, or will Laurel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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