Volleyball Game Preview: Lodi Flames vs. West Wolfpack

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 10:17pm

Volleyball Preview: Lodi Flames vs. West Wolfpack

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Lodi is 9-1 against West since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lodi Flames will square off against the West Wolfpack at 6:30 p.m. Lodi is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.

Last Thursday, Lodi beat Lincoln 3-1.

Lodi walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 24-26, 25-17, 25-14.

Lodi was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive games.

Meanwhile, West came into Thursday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged Kimball out 3-2 on Thursday.

West was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (96-94), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 18-25, 25-13, 11-25, 15-13.

Lodi has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for West, their victory ended a 14-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-16.

Lodi took their win against West in their previous meeting on October 3rd by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lodi since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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