Volleyball Preview: Turpin Spartans vs. Kings Knights
The Turpin Spartans will square off against the Kings Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Turpin narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Loveland 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Turpin was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (109-97), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 10-25, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Kings put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Walnut Hills as Kings made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-14, 25-20.
Kings found their leader in underclassman Kennady Horsley, who had 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Horsley has posted since back in August.
Kings was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 33 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Turpin is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Kings, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with that victory, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season.
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