Volleyball Preview: Trimble Tomcats vs. Waterford Wildcats
Trimble has gone 9-1 against Waterford recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Trimble Tomcats will venture away from home to square off against the Waterford Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Trimble is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Trimble finally turned things around against Alexander on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Spartans 3-2.
Trimble 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 14-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Waterford didn't have quite enough to beat Fort Frye on Monday and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Waterford sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 21-25, 25-18, 26-28, 15-11.
Maya Wilson put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had 36 digs and a kill.
Trimble's win bumped their record up to 5-13. As for Waterford, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Trimble has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Waterford struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Trimble came up short against Waterford in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wilson, who had 35 digs and four aces. Now that Trimble knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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