Volleyball Preview: Pleasant Grove Hawks vs. Paris Wildcats
Pleasant Grove has gone 10-0 against Paris recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Pleasant Grove Hawks will face off against the Paris Wildcats at 6:00 p.m.
Pleasant Grove is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering North Lamar just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2. While the Hawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-22 in the first set.
Pleasant Grove was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made North Lamar work for it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 26-28, 27-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Paris got the win against Pittsburg on Friday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Paris never let Pittsburg on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-17.
Paris' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Makenzie Besteman led the charge by getting 16 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Besteman has posted in her last six contests. The team also got some help courtesy of Lynna Martin, who had five digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Paris was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are 6-1 when they serve at least ten aces.
Pleasant Grove's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-9. As for Paris, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-11 record this season.
Pleasant Grove took their win against Paris in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Grove since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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