Volleyball Game Preview: Tigerton Tigers vs. Gresham Community Wildcats

By Team Reports Oct 4, 2024, 11:59pm

Volleyball Preview: Tigerton Tigers vs. Gresham Community Wildcats

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Tigerton is 1-9 against Gresham Community since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the Gresham Community Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.

Tigerton came up short against Wild Rose on Thursday, falling 3-0.

The final score came out to 25-13, 25-12, 25-7.

Meanwhile, Gresham Community made easy work of White Lake on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Gresham Community took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-13.

Gresham Community was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.

Tigerton now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Gresham Community, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.

Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Tigerton has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Gresham Community struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Tigerton suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Gresham Community in their previous matchup back in September. Can Tigerton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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