Volleyball Preview: Oak Hill Oaks vs. Wellston Golden Rockets
The Oak Hill Oaks will take on the Wellston Golden Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oak Hill has five straight victories, Wellston has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Monday, Oak Hill narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Dawson-Bryant 3-2.
Oak Hill got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-15, 19-25, 31-29, 15-9.
Oak Hill can attribute much of their success to Bailee Larhmer, who had 16 digs.
Meanwhile, Wellston lost 3-0 to Nelsonville-York on Thursday.
While Wellston was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Nelsonville-York's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-19.
Oak Hill is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Wellston, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-14.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Oak Hill has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Wellston struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Oak Hill was able to grind out a solid victory over Wellston in their previous matchup back in August, winning 3-1. Will Oak Hill repeat their success, or does Wellston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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