Volleyball Preview: Blue Valley Southwest Timberwolves vs. Olathe East Hawks
The Blue Valley Southwest Timberwolves will face off against the Olathe East Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Blue Valley Southwest will be strutting in after a win while Olathe East will be coming in after a defeat.
Olathe East is hoping to do what De Soto couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Blue Valley Southwest's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Blue Valley Southwest blew past De Soto 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Timberwolves have posted since September 3rd.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-10, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Olathe East didn't have quite enough to beat Lawrence Free State on Thursday and fell 3-2. While the Hawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Firebirds 26-24 in the first set.
Olathe East took Lawrence Free State into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-15, 25-18, 21-25, 15-7.
Despite the loss, Olathe East got top-tier performance from Kate Wright, who had 22 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Malasy Sakounlaphoum, who had 12 digs.
Blue Valley Southwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 29-5 record this season. As for Olathe East, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-20.
Blue Valley Southwest skirted past Olathe East 2-1 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will Blue Valley Southwest repeat their success, or does Olathe East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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