Volleyball Preview: Edgar Wildcats vs. Newman Fighting Cardinals
The Edgar Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Newman Fighting Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Edgar will be strutting in after a win while Newman will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Edgar sidestepped Rosholt for a 3-2 victory.
Edgar had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-20, 15-11.
Kaitlynn Hartnady went supernova for Edgar, getting 19 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Edgar was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last ten matchups they've averaged 6.8.
Meanwhile, Newman didn't have quite enough to beat Regis on Saturday and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Newman sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-15, 24-26, 15-13.
Edgar is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Newman, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-13.
Edgar came up short against Newman when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Edgar avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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