Volleyball Preview: Roncalli Cavaliers vs. Dell Rapids Quarriers
The Roncalli Cavaliers will take on the Dell Rapids Quarriers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Roncalli comes in on six and Dell Rapids on five.
Roncalli is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past Milbank 3-2.
Roncalli took Milbank into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 15-7.
Meanwhile, everything went Dell Rapids' way against West Central on Thursday as Dell Rapids made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Dell Rapids took every set by at least 16 points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-9, 25-5.
Dell Rapids' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Alaina Wolff, who had nine digs.
Dell Rapids couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 60.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.8% earlier this season, but in their last 15 matchups they've averaged 34.9%.
Roncalli has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Dell Rapids, they pushed their record up to 28-3 with the victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
Roncalli came up short against Dell Rapids in their previous meeting back in September of 2018, falling 2-0. Can Roncalli avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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