Volleyball Preview: Norwalk Truckers vs. Madison Comprehensive Rams
The Norwalk Truckers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Madison Comprehensive Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Norwalk will bounce into Monday's game after beating Vermilion, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Norwalk was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Vermilion on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Truckers have posted against the Sailors since October 8, 2019.
Norwalk never let Vermilion on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-13, 25-22.
Mac Wineman was nothing short of spectacular: she had 19 digs and three aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Madison Comprehensive can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Waite with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Madison Comprehensive was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-8, 25-4.
Aryana Rogers had an outrageously good game as she had nine aces and five digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Madison Comprehensive was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Norwalk's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3. As for Madison Comprehensive, their win bumped their record up to 5-18.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's matchup: Norwalk has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Madison Comprehensive struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Norwalk's way against Madison Comprehensive in their previous meeting back in October of 2018, as Norwalk made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Norwalk repeat their success, or does Madison Comprehensive have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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