Volleyball Preview: Vance Charter Knights vs. Oxford Prep Griffins
Vance Charter has gone 8-2 against Oxford Prep recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Vance Charter Knights will welcome the Oxford Prep Griffins at 7:30 p.m.
Vance Charter is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Eno River just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Bobcats. Considering the last time the Knights couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Vance Charter was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Oxford Prep got the win against Excelsior Classical Academy on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Griffins.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Oxford Prep was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-12, 25-8.
Oxford Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matches.
Vance Charter's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4. As for Oxford Prep, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Vance Charter has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 14.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Oxford Prep struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Vance Charter's way against Oxford Prep in their previous meeting back in September, as Vance Charter made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Vance Charter have another victory up their sleeve, or will Oxford Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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