Volleyball Preview: Bear River Bears vs. West Field Longhorns
The Bear River Bears will challenge the West Field Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bear River has now lost 13 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since August 27.
Bear River lost 3-0 to Green Canyon on Thursday.
While Bear River was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Green Canyon's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-16, 25-18.
Even though they lost, Bear River couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 53.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 45.7%.
Meanwhile, West Field posted their biggest victory since September 3rd on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Logan as West Field made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Longhorns.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-16, 25-21.
West Field relied on the efforts of Charlee Burton, who had seven aces, and Ella Reynolds, who had seven digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Burton a new career-high in aces.
Bear River's defeat dropped their record down to 1-15. As for West Field, their victory bumped their record up to 8-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Bear River has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.2 aces per game. However, it's not like West Field struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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