Volleyball Preview: Mt. Vernon Marauders vs. NorthWood Panthers
The Mt. Vernon Marauders will take on the NorthWood Panthers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mt. Vernon will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Mt. Vernon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: New Palestine, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Mt. Vernon was ranked 24th). Mt. Vernon came out on top against New Palestine by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
Mt. Vernon had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.
Aubry Dowling and Makenna Thompson were among the main playmakers for Mt. Vernon as the former had 18 digs and the latter had five digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Thompson a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Mt. Vernon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, NorthWood was able to grind out a solid win over Wawasee on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-19, 21-25, 25-13.
Mt. Vernon is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for NorthWood, their victory bumped their record up to 20-6.
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