Volleyball Game Preview: South Florence Plays at Home

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 12:14am

Volleyball Preview: South Florence Bruins vs. Wilson Tigers

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The South Florence Bruins will face off against the Wilson Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Last Thursday, South Florence got the win against Lakewood by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.

The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant South Florence was: they took every set by at least 13 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-12, 25-8.

South Florence's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Blakely Blue, who had seven aces. The dominant performance gave Blue a new career-high in aces. Hailey McManus was another key player, getting two aces and 15 assists.

She wasn't the only good server: South Florence was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in five consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, everything went Wilson's way against Lower Richland on Thursday as Wilson made off with a 3-0 win.

The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Wilson was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-14, 25-16.

South Florence has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Wilson, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-4.

South Florence might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Wilson in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can South Florence avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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