Volleyball Preview: Gideon Bulldogs vs. Bell City Cubs
The Gideon Bulldogs will take on the Bell City Cubs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gideon has four straight wins, Bell City has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Monday, Gideon was able to grind out a solid victory over Bernie, taking the game 3-1.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (90-86) Gideon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 8-25, 25-22, 25-17, 28-26.
Haley Skinner had an outrageously good game as she had 17 digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last nine matches.
Gideon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Bell City didn't have quite enough to beat Woodland last Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Bell City took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 23-25, 18-25, 25-16, 15-8.
Gideon is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Bell City, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9-2.
Gideon might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Bell City in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Gideon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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