Volleyball Preview: Lexington Wildcats vs. Blythewood Bengals
Lexington is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Blythewood is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lexington Wildcats will host the Blythewood Bengals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two weeks ago, Lexington made easy work of White Knoll and carried off a 3-0 win.
Lexington walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-12, 25-16.
Lexington's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lily Kate Deyo, who had seven digs and two aces, and Ellison Watkins, who had eight digs.
Meanwhile, Blythewood had just enough and edged Dutch Fork out 3-2 on Thursday.
Blythewood had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-11.
Blythewood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive matches.
Lexington is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Blythewood, the win got them back to even at 15-15.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Lexington has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Blythewood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lexington was able to grind out a solid victory over Blythewood in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, winning 2-0. Will Lexington repeat their success, or does Blythewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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