Volleyball Game Preview: Niceville on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 1:44am

Volleyball Preview: Niceville Eagles vs. Tate Aggies

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Niceville has been on the road for four straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Tate Aggies at 4:30 p.m.

Niceville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Chiles, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Niceville was ranked 19th). Niceville lost 3-0 to Chiles on Thursday. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Timberwolves recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-22, 25-15.

Niceville's defeat came about despite a quality game from Whitleigh Walsh, who had 11 digs. Walsh is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.

Meanwhile, Tate earned a 3-1 victory over Choctawhatchee on Wednesday.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-11.

Niceville's loss dropped their record down to 15-3. As for Tate, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.

Everything went Niceville's way against Tate in their previous meeting back in September of 2020 as Niceville made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Niceville repeat their success, or does Tate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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