Volleyball Preview: Bridgeland Bears vs. Cypress Woods Wildcats
Bridgeland is 10-0 against Cypress Woods since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Bridgeland Bears will welcome the Cypress Woods Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. Bridgeland will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Bridgeland will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Cypress Ranch, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Bridgeland had just enough and edged Cypress Ranch out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Bridgeland got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 21-25, 16-14.
Rebekah Pfefferkorn was nothing short of spectacular: she had 24 digs, 22 kills, two aces, and a block. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Couch, who had 22 digs.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cypress Woods, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Everything went their way against Cypress Park on Tuesday as Cypress Woods made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Cypress Woods was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-2, 25-9.
Kaylee Peterson was a one-man wrecking crew for Cypress Woods as she had seven digs and two aces.
Cypress Woods couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
Bridgeland is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 22-11 record this season. As for Cypress Woods, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 26-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Bridgeland has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Cypress Woods struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bridgeland beat Cypress Woods 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Bridgeland repeat their success, or does Cypress Woods have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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