Volleyball Preview: Pioneer Panthers vs. Tri-County Cavaliers
The Pioneer Panthers are on the road again on Saturday to play the Tri-County Cavaliers at 1:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pioneer is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They put the hurt on DeMotte Christian with a sharp 3-0 win.
While Pioneer might've won, it sure wasn't easy: DeMotte Christian scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-5, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Tri-County had already won 24 in a row and they went ahead and made it 25 on Thursday. They blew past the Comets 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Tri-County was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-12, 25-7.
Tri-County's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Grace Luck, who had 13 digs and four aces. Luck is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season.
Tri-County couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 39.3%.
Pioneer's win bumped their record up to 19-13. As for Tri-County, their victory bumped their record up to 29-1.
Everything went Pioneer's way against Tri-County in their previous meeting back in October of 2014, as Pioneer made off with a 3-0 win. Does Pioneer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tri-County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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