Volleyball Preview: Mosinee Indians vs. Marathon Red Raiders
Mosinee has gone 8-2 against Marathon recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. Mosinee is coming into the game hot, having won their last 14 games.
Last Tuesday, Mosinee was able to grind out a solid win over Lakeland, taking the game 3-1.
Mosinee was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22.
Mosinee's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Taelyn Jirschele, who had five aces and four digs, and Miranda Shnowske, who had eight digs and two aces. That's the most aces Jirschele has posted in her last ten contests.
Mosinee was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Marathon sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Pacelli on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Raiders.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (101-99) Marathon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-18, 14-25, 26-24, 15-9.
Mosinee has been performing well recently as they've won 16 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season. As for Marathon, their win bumped their record up to 21-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Mosinee has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Marathon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mosinee beat Marathon 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Does Mosinee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marathon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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