Volleyball Preview: Powers Catholic Chargers vs. Bay City Western Warriors
Powers Catholic and Bay City Western are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Powers Catholic Chargers will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Bay City Western Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Powers Catholic came up short against Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Chargers in their matchups with the Oilers: they've now lost three in a row.
Powers Catholic was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-22, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Bay City Western unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Pinckney by a score of 2-1. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Pirates 25-23 in the first set.
Bay City Western might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Pinckney: every set was decided by two points or less. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Bay City Western's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kyra Smith, who had 15 digs, and Lauren Gehoski, who had eight digs.
Powers Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-1. As for Bay City Western, their loss dropped their record down to 23-10-2.
Powers Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Bay City Western when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Powers Catholic 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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