Volleyball Preview: Briggs Bruins vs. Westland Cougars
The Briggs Bruins will challenge the Westland Cougars at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Briggs will be strutting in after a victory while Westland will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, everything went Briggs' way against Africentric Early College as Briggs made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-18, 25-15.
Briggs can attribute much of their success to Kinsey Rife, who had 14 digs and two aces. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Rife now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Briggs 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 six aces in 33 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Westland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Worthington Kilbourne.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-13, 25-9.
Briggs pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Westland, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-13.
Briggs might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Westland in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Can Briggs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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