Volleyball Preview: Colonial Beach Drifters vs. Lancaster Red Devils
Colonial Beach hasn't had much luck against Lancaster recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Colonial Beach Drifters will venture away from home to square off against the Lancaster Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Colonial Beach finally turned things around against Essex on Thursday. They came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 3-1.
Meanwhile, Lancaster got the win against Essex on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Devils.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lancaster was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-7, 25-7.
Lancaster can attribute much of their success to Alexis Vermeer, who hit 82.1% for 24 killssix digs and five aces, and Tahlia Sutton, who hit 100% for seven killsseven digs, two aces, and a block. The last time Vermeer's hitting percentage was this high was back in September.
Lancaster was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 19 consecutive matches.
Colonial Beach's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-15. As for Lancaster, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Colonial Beach suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lancaster in their previous meeting on October 8th. Can Colonial Beach avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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