Volleyball Recap: Shafter Has No Trouble Against Delano

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 12:26pm

Volleyball Recap: Shafter Generals vs. Delano Tigers

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Shafter entered their tilt with Delano on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Delano Tigers 3-0. That's more bragging rights for the Generals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

The final score came out to 25-15, 25-16, 25-20.

Emily Pugh was the offensive standout of the contest as she had nine digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.

Shafter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.

Shafter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3-1 record this season. As for Delano, their loss dropped their record down to 8-5-2.

Shafter will take on Kennedy at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Delano, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Wasco at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wasco is coming into the game with five straight defeats on the road, meaning Delano will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory.

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