Volleyball Preview: Wakeland Wolverines vs. Lone Star Rangers
Wakeland has won 14 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Lone Star has won 14 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Wakeland Wolverines will host the Lone Star Rangers at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, Wakeland got the win against Creekview by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wakeland was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-10, 25-11.
Wakeland relied on the efforts of Breanna Cagle, who had 11 digs and four aces, and Emily Dufresne, who had three aces. That's the most aces Cagle has posted since back in August.
Wakeland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went Lone Star's way against Turner on Friday as Lone Star made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lone Star was: they took every set by at least 17 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-6, 25-7.
Wakeland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Lone Star, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-11.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Wakeland has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Lone Star struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Wakeland's way against Lone Star in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Wakeland made off with a 3-0 win. Does Wakeland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lone Star turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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