Volleyball Preview: Splendora Wildcats vs. Kingwood Park Panthers
After both having extra time off, the Splendora Wildcats and the Kingwood Park Panthers will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Splendora will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Porter, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Splendora put the hurt on Porter with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Splendora's got stronger as the match went on, holding Porter to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-13.
Morgan Johnson and Katelyn Brewer were among the main playmakers for Splendora as the former had 21 digs and the latter had 12 digs and three aces. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last nine games she's played.
Splendora was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Kingwood Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Dayton on Tuesday.
The final score came out to 25-21, 25-27, 25-19, 27-25.
Splendora has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-9 record this season. As for Kingwood Park, their win bumped their record up to 14-23.
Splendora was able to grind out a solid victory over Kingwood Park in their previous matchup on October 4th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Splendora since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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