Volleyball Preview: Grand Ledge Comets vs. DeWitt Panthers
Grand Ledge hasn't had much luck against DeWitt recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Grand Ledge Comets are taking a road trip to challenge the DeWitt Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Grand Ledge sitting on eight straight wins and DeWitt on five.
Last Tuesday, everything went Grand Ledge's way against East Lansing as Grand Ledge made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Grand Ledge was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-15, 25-13.
Akira Laing and Avery Klopp were among the main playmakers for Grand Ledge as the former had six digs and three aces and the latter had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Klopp has posted in her last seven matches.
Grand Ledge couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.2% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, DeWitt narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Okemos 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was DeWitt who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 17-25, 25-19, 26-28, 15-10.
Grand Ledge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-10 record this season. As for DeWitt, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-9-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Grand Ledge has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.2 aces per game. However, it's not like DeWitt struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Grand Ledge came up short against DeWitt in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Grand Ledge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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