Volleyball Preview: Trinity Lutheran Cougars vs. New Albany Bulldogs
Trinity Lutheran and New Albany are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Trinity Lutheran Cougars will take on the New Albany Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Trinity Lutheran is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Trinity Lutheran is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Floyd Central, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Trinity Lutheran was ranked 24th). Trinity Lutheran came up short against Floyd Central on Monday, falling 3-0. The Cougars' defeat signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
Trinity Lutheran was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-21.
Meanwhile, New Albany got the win against Salem on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant New Albany was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-15, 25-12.
New Albany couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was since the start of last season.
Trinity Lutheran's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-7. As for New Albany, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season.
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