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By Team Reports Sep 15, 2024, 1:16am

Volleyball Preview: Urban Blues vs. Lick-Wilmerding Tigers

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Urban is 8-2 against Lick-Wilmerding since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Urban Blues will be staying on the road to face off against the Lick-Wilmerding Tigers at 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Urban came up short against The Bay School and fell 2-0.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-22.

Meanwhile, Lick-Wilmerding posted their biggest win since August 27th on Friday. They put the hurt on San Domenico with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.

The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Lick-Wilmerding was: they took every set by at least 15 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-8, 25-9.

Lick-Wilmerding couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.7% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.

Urban's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Lick-Wilmerding, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season.

Urban was able to grind out a solid win over Lick-Wilmerding when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Urban have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lick-Wilmerding turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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