Volleyball Preview: Westerville South Wildcats vs. Hayes Pacers
Westerville South is on a three-game streak of home losses, Hayes a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Tuesday. The Westerville South Wildcats will host the Hayes Pacers at 6:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Westerville South came up short against Westerville North and fell 3-1.
Westerville South started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 13-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-21.
Despite the defeat, Westerville South got top-tier performance from Yui Seki, who had 16 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Seki a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Westerville South was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.2.
Meanwhile, Hayes came up short against Marion Harding on Saturday, falling 3-0.
Hayes was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 25-18.
Westerville South's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Hayes, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-12.
Westerville South beat Hayes 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Westerville South repeat their success, or does Hayes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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