Volleyball Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. Spring Valley Vikings
Blythewood is 8-2 against Spring Valley since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Blythewood will head out to face Spring Valley after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Blythewood fell 3-1 to Westwood. It was the first time this season that the Bengals let down their fans at home.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-20, 22-25, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Spring Valley came up short against Lugoff-Elgin two weeks ago and fell 3-1. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-11, 15-25, 25-19.
Despite their defeat, Spring Valley saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Tamia Wilson, who had 27 digs, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabella Talde, who had nine digs and 14 assists.
Even though they lost, Spring Valley kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in three consecutive games.
Blythewood's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-11. As for Spring Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
Everything went Blythewood's way against Spring Valley in their previous matchup back in September, as Blythewood made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blythewood since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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