Volleyball Preview: Stone Memorial Panthers vs. White County Warriors
The Stone Memorial Panthers will square off against the White County Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Stone Memorial comes in on six and White County on four.
Stone Memorial can't be too worried about heading out to take on White County: they just beat Smith County at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Stone Memorial had just enough and edged Smith County out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Stone Memorial took Smith County into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 15-11.
Stone Memorial relied on the efforts of Madison Lefebvre, who had 26 digs, and Marley Bowers, who had nine digs. Lefebvre is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 14 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Stone Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, White County hadn't done well against Lebanon recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. White County blew past Lebanon 3-0.
White County's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Lebanon between 17 and 20 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-20, 25-20.
Stone Memorial pushed their record up to 20-12 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for White County, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Stone Memorial has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like White County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Stone Memorial came up short against White County when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. Can Stone Memorial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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