Volleyball Game Preview: Edgewood Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 12:52am

Volleyball Preview: Edgewood Warriors vs. Madison Blue Streaks

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The Edgewood Warriors will head out to take on the Madison Blue Streaks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Edgewood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.

Last Tuesday, Edgewood beat Geneva 3-1.

Edgewood was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 20-25, 25-14, 25-17.

Meanwhile, everything went Madison's way against Lakeside on Tuesday as Madison made off with a 3-0 win.

The final score came out to 25-22, 25-11, 27-25.

Jadeyn Zepeda and Gracie Kless were among the main playmakers for Madison as the former had six digs and six aces and the latter had 12 digs and three aces. Zepeda is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted nine or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.

Madison was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 18.4.

Edgewood has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Madison, their record is now 5-6.

Edgewood was able to grind out a solid victory over Madison when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Edgewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Madison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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