Volleyball Preview: Banff Bears vs. True North Knights
Banff has gone 9-1 against True North recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Banff Bears will take on the True North Knights at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Banff has five straight wins, True North has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Banff will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating School of the Woods, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Banff put the hurt on School of the Woods with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Banff was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-17, 25-14.
Banff was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 22.8.
Meanwhile, True North came up short against School of the Woods on Thursday, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-21, 26-24.
Banff's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-4. As for True North, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Banff beat True North 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Banff since the team 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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