Volleyball Preview: Hamilton Huskies vs. O'Connor Eagles
The Hamilton Huskies will venture away from home to challenge the O'Connor Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Hamilton sitting on three straight victories and O'Connor on 19.
Hamilton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They skirted past Highland 3-2.
Hamilton wouldn't go down easily and took Highland into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 15-9.
Hamilton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
O'Connor extended their home winning streak to seven games thanks to a huge performance from Anabelle Cummings. O'Connor blew past Mountain View 3-0 on Thursday thanks in part to Cummings, who had 12 digs, six aces, and a kill. Those six aces gave her a new career-high.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-14, 25-14.
O'Connor's win bumped their record up to 30-2. As for Hamilton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 24-15 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Hamilton has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.2 aces per game. However, it's not like O'Connor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Hamilton came up short against O'Connor in their previous matchup back in August, falling 2-0. Can Hamilton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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