Volleyball Game Preview: Joseph City Wildcats vs. Fort Thomas Apaches

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 10:46pm

Volleyball Preview: Joseph City Wildcats vs. Fort Thomas Apaches

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Joseph City has won five straight games at home, while Fort Thomas has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Joseph City Wildcats will welcome the Fort Thomas Apaches at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Joseph City will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Rock Point, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Joseph City sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Rock Point on Saturday.

The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Joseph City who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 23-25, 27-25, 15-25, 15-8.

Among those leading the charge was Blair Hildreth, who had eight digs and three aces.

She wasn't the only good server: Joseph City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven matchups.

Meanwhile, Fort Thomas beat Ray 3-1 on Tuesday.

Joseph City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-15 record this season. As for Fort Thomas, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.

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