Volleyball Preview: West Branch Warriors vs. Marlington Dukes
West Branch has won ten straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Marlington has won ten straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The West Branch Warriors will host the Marlington Dukes at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, West Branch made easy work of Mineral Ridge and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant West Branch was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-17, 25-14.
West Branch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Marlington beat Hiland 3-1 on Saturday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 9-25, 25-16.
West Branch is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Marlington, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
West Branch might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Marlington when the teams last played back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marlington's Jacsyn Hilliard, who had 29 digs. Now that West Branch knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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