Volleyball Game Preview: Naaman Forest Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 16, 2024, 12:55am

Volleyball Preview: Naaman Forest Rangers vs. Wylie East Raiders

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Naaman Forest is 1-6 against Wylie East since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Naaman Forest Rangers will be staying on the road to face off against the Wylie East Raiders at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Naaman Forest is headed into the game having just posted their biggest win since August 13th last Friday. They put the hurt on South Garland with a sharp 3-0 victory.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Naaman Forest took every set by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-8, 25-16.

Meanwhile, Wylie East made easy work of Lakeview Centennial on Friday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.

After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-18, 25-14.

Among those leading the charge was Jordyn Wacaster, who had eight digs and two aces.

She wasn't the only good server: Wylie East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. They are a perfect 5-0 when they serve more than ten aces.

Naaman Forest has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Wylie East, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-7.

Naaman Forest might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Wylie East when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Naaman Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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