Volleyball Preview: Northwest Texans vs. Keller Central Chargers
The Northwest Texans will head out on the road to challenge the Keller Central Chargers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest will be strutting in after a win while Keller Central will be coming in after a loss.
Northwest took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over V.R. Eaton.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 20-25, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Keller Central didn't have quite enough to beat V.R. Eaton on Friday and fell 3-2. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Keller Central started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-12.
Despite the defeat, Keller Central had strong showings from Addison Richardson, who had seven digs and three aces, and Jaylani Evans, who had 16 kills, 16 digs, two aces, and a block. Evans has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last nine times she's played.
Northwest is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-11 record this season. As for Keller Central, their loss dropped their record down to 24-17.
Northwest came up short against Keller Central in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Keller Central's Addison Ortega, who had 38 digs. Now that Northwest knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
