Volleyball Preview: Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats vs. Lourdes Central Catholic Knights
The Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lourdes Central Catholic Knights on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Exeter-Milligan/Friend was able to grind out a solid victory over Osceola, taking the game 3-1.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-9.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend can attribute much of their success to Taylin Schluter, who had 12 digs.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Lourdes Central Catholic had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lourdes Central Catholic was: they took both sets by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-11.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend's record now sits at 9-7. As for Lourdes Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend was able to grind out a solid win over Lourdes Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Exeter-Milligan/Friend repeat their success, or does Lourdes Central Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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