Volleyball Preview: Clear Creek Wildcats vs. Clear Lake Falcons
Clear Creek is 10-0 against Clear Lake since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Clear Creek Wildcats will face off against the Clear Lake Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Clear Creek didn't have quite enough to beat Clear Brook and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Clear Creek sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 19-25, 25-21, 17-25, 15-10.
Despite the defeat, Clear Creek got top-tier performance from Alison Figueroa, who had 28 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Clear Creek 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 five games they've averaged 9.5.
Meanwhile, Clear Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Deer Park.
Clear Lake 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 22-25, 25-12, 25-14, 25-14.
Clear Creek has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 18-14 record this season. As for Clear Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-16.
Everything went Clear Creek's way against Clear Lake in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Clear Creek made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clear Creek since the team 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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