Volleyball Preview: River Bluff Gators vs. Lexington Wildcats
River Bluff is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Lexington is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, River Bluff made easy work of Chapin and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-16, 25-17.
River Bluff can attribute much of their success to Masyn Mcclanahan, who had nine digs and four aces. That's the most aces Mcclanahan has posted in her last seven matchups.
River Bluff was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Lexington's way against Dutch Fork on Thursday as Lexington made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lexington was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-10.
Lexington had a senior duo take command as Ellison Watkins had six digs and two aces and Lily Kate Deyo had seven digs and two aces.
River Bluff has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8 record this season. As for Lexington, their victory bumped their record up to 21-5.
River Bluff suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lexington when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will River Bluff have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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