Volleyball Preview: Colony Stays on the Road to Face Palmer

Two dominant setters in Emily DeHart and Riley Jenski are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Colony Knights are on the road again on Friday to play the Palmer Moose at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Colony is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Wasilla, who was ranked ninth at the time (Colony was ranked second). The Knights walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Warriors on Tuesday.

Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16.

Colony found their leader in sophomore Emily DeHart, who had 51 assists and seven digs. Another player making a difference was Taylor Passard, who had 21 digs and five kills.

Meanwhile, Palmer got the win against Houston on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Palmer was: they took every set by at least 10 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-15, 25-14.

Colony better focus on containing Rainee Reiter and Elsie Payne as the pair were huge in Palmer's win. Reiter had five kills, five digs, and three aces, while Payne had six aces and four digs.

Colony has been on a roll lately: they've won 25 of their last 28 contests. That run has powered them to a 28-4 record this season. As for Palmer, they have now won eight of their last 10 games at home. That's helped them to a 32-18 record this season.