Volleyball Preview: Indian Springs Thunderbirds vs. Smith Valley Bulldogs
The Indian Springs Thunderbirds are on the road again on Thursday to play the Smith Valley Bulldogs at 8:00 p.m.
Indian Springs heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Saturday. They lost 3-0 to Round Mountain. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
While Indian Springs was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Round Mountain's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-18.
Smith Valley had won six straight home games and Audrina Banta did her part to make it seven on Saturday. Smith Valley blew past Coleville 3-0 thanks in part to Banta, who had 13 digs, eight aces, and a kill. She has been hot , having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Smith Valley was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-12, 25-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Smith Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ruby DeChambeau, who had ten digs, five kills, and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Kacey Gray, who had five digs, four aces, a kill, and a block.
Smith Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Smith Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 22-10 record this season. As for Indian Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11.
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