Volleyball Preview: McGuffey Highlanders vs. Waynesburg Central Raiders
McGuffey is 0-4 against Waynesburg Central since September of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. The McGuffey Highlanders will face off against the Waynesburg Central Raiders at 6:00 p.m.
On September 5th, McGuffey came up short against Charleroi and fell 3-1. The loss was the Highlanders' first of the season.
While McGuffey ultimatly came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Waynesburg Central put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They skirted past Frazier 3-2. While the Raiders didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Waynesburg Central took Frazier into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 20-25, 15-11.
Waynesburg Central can attribute much of their success to Lelia Mccollum, who had nine digs and three aces, and Bailey Rafferty, who had seven digs, five aces, and five aces. The dominant performance also gave Rafferty a new career-high in hitting percentage.
Waynesburg Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Having lost for the first time this season, McGuffey fell to 2-1. As for Waynesburg Central, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
McGuffey might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Waynesburg Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Can McGuffey avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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