Volleyball Recap: Whiting Oilers vs. 21st Century Charter Cougars
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Whiting had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the 21st Century Charter Cougars. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Oilers.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Whiting was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-3, 25-5, 25-10.
Leading Whiting to victory were Aireana Walker and Andrea Cabrales. Walker had five aces, three digs, two kills, and a block, while Cabrales had four aces. That's the most aces Walker has posted since back in September.
Whiting was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Whiting is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for 21st Century Charter, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season.
Whiting is on the road again on Saturday to play Lake Station Edison at 1:00 p.m. 21st Century Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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