Volleyball Preview: Atholton Raiders vs. Glenelg Gladiators
The Atholton Raiders will square off against the Glenelg Gladiators at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Atholton will head into Wednesday's game after some sweet revenge against Long Reach: Atholton couldn't quite topple Long Reach on Wednesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the three-set loss they took when the two last played. Everything went Atholton's way against Long Reach as Atholton made off with a 3-0 win.
Atholton got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 33-31, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Glenelg made easy work of Hammond on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gladiators.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Glenelg was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-12, 25-13.
Glenelg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Atholton's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-5. As for Glenelg, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2.
Atholton might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Glenelg when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Glenelg's Olivia Mcdonough, who had 14 digs and four aces. Now that Atholton 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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