Volleyball Recap: Cole Camp Comes Up Short Despite Olivia Pilant's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Oct 30, 2024, 2:53pm

Volleyball Recap: Cole Camp Blue Birds vs. Stover Bulldogs

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Cole Camp suffered their biggest loss since September 23rd on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Stover Bulldogs. The Blue Birds were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Bulldogs apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played on October 12th.

Cole Camp was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-17.

When it comes to explaining why Cole Camp lost, don't look at Olivia Pilant. Despite the final result, she had eight aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Pilant a new career-high in aces.

Even though they lost, Cole Camp was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stover only served eight.

Stover was led to victory by Lainee Menning and Teagan Morris. Menning had eight digs and three aces, while Morris had seven digs. Menning has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times she's played.

Cole Camp has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-15-2 record this season. As for Stover, they pushed their record up to 25-5-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.

Cole Camp does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Stover, they will take on Licking on Thursday.

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