Volleyball Preview: Coldwater Cavaliers vs. St. Henry Redskins
Coldwater has enjoyed a six-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the St. Henry Redskins at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, everything went Coldwater's way against Marion Local as Coldwater made off with a 3-0 win.
Coldwater never let Marion Local on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-17, 25-22.
Coldwater's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Campbell Etzler, who had 14 digs, and Brylee Knapke, who had seven digs.
Meanwhile, St. Henry came tearing into Monday's contest with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Knights 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-7, 25-12.
St. Henry couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 22.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 35.8%.
Coldwater pushed their record up to 24-0 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home. As for St. Henry, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: Coldwater hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 4.4 blocks per game. It's a different story for St. Henry, though, as they've been averaging only 1. Given Coldwater's sizable advantage in that area, St. Henry will need to find a way to close that gap.
Coldwater took their win against St. Henry when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coldwater since the squad 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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