Volleyball Preview: Edgewood Red Wolves vs. Space Coast Vipers
The Edgewood Red Wolves will take on the Space Coast Vipers at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Edgewood's way against Cocoa as Edgewood made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Wolves.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Edgewood took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-3, 25-14.
Paige Tarango and Reese Brandt were among the main playmakers for Edgewood as the former had four aces and 19 assists and the latter had eight digs. That's the most aces Tarango has posted in her last five matchups.
Edgewood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Space Coast made easy work of Odyssey Charter School on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Space Coast was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-5, 25-9.
Space Coast found their leader in underclassman Siena Allotta, who had 17 digs. Allotta is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 17 or more in the last four games she's played.
Edgewood has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Space Coast, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Edgewood has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 11.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Space Coast struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Edgewood skirted past Space Coast 3-2 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Does Edgewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Space Coast turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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