Volleyball Preview: Weeping Water Indians vs. Cedar Bluffs Wildcats
The Weeping Water Indians will head out to square off against the Cedar Bluffs Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Weeping Water is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Palmyra just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Panthers. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Indians have suffered since September 3rd.
While Weeping Water was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 29-27, 25-18, 25-19.
Even though they lost, Weeping Water couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.9% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 18% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 42.2%.
Meanwhile, Cedar Bluffs lost 3-0 to Brownell Talbot on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-22.
Weeping Water's loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Cedar Bluffs, they dropped their record down to 6-15 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight at home.
Weeping Water was able to grind out a solid win over Cedar Bluffs when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Will Weeping Water repeat their success, or does Cedar Bluffs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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