Volleyball Preview: Tonganoxie Chieftains vs. Spring Hill Broncos
Tonganoxie is 1-9 against Spring Hill since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tonganoxie Chieftains will host the Spring Hill Broncos at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Spring Hill is hoping to do what Louisburg couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Tonganoxie's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Tonganoxie's way against Louisburg as Tonganoxie made off with a 3-0 win.
While Tonganoxie won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-21.
Tonganoxie's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kalea Baldock, who had nine digs, three aces, and a kill, and Abigail Meyers, who had six digs and two aces. That's the most aces Baldock has posted in her last 19 contests.
Tonganoxie 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 six aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Spring Hill made easy work of Baldwin on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Broncos.
One reason for the win was Spring Hill's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-9, 25-8.
Tonganoxie is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-12 record this season. As for Spring Hill, their win bumped their record up to 14-16.
Tonganoxie came up short against Spring Hill when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Tonganoxie avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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