Volleyball Preview: Alcorn Central Bears vs. Kossuth Aggies
Alcorn Central has gone 8-2 against Kossuth recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Alcorn Central Bears will square off against the Kossuth Aggies. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Alcorn Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Nettleton.
Alcorn Central never let Nettleton on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-19, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Kossuth entered their tilt with Humphreys County on Saturday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Everything went their way against the Cowboys as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Kossuth was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-1, 25-9, 25-4.
Kossuth can attribute much of their success to Brenyn Wilbanks, who had 19 aces, a kill, and 17 assists, and Chloe Caldwell, who had six aces. That's the most aces Caldwell has posted in her last seven matches.
Kossuth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 39 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 24 consecutive contests.
Alcorn Central's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-9. As for Kossuth, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-9 record this season.
Alcorn Central took their win against Kossuth in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Alcorn Central repeat their success, or does Kossuth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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