Volleyball Preview: West Plains Zizzers vs. Carl Junction Bulldogs
West Plains is 1-6 against Carl Junction since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The West Plains Zizzers will be staying on the road to face off against the Carl Junction Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m.
Last Saturday, West Plains didn't have quite enough to beat Lebanon and fell 2-1.
West Plains actually scored more points across those three sets (72-61), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 10-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Carl Junction beat Joplin 3-1 on Monday.
Carl Junction 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 24-26, 25-20, 25-15, 25-9.
Anna Lewis and Miley Kim were among the main playmakers for Carl Junction as the former had six aces and five digs and the latter had eight digs. Those six aces gave Lewis a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Carl Junction was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive games.
West Plains' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-9. As for Carl Junction, their record now sits at 22-6.
West Plains was able to grind out a solid victory over Carl Junction in their previous meeting on Saturday, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Plains since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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