Volleyball Game Preview: Reservoir 'Gators vs. Long Reach Lightning

By Team Reports Oct 5, 2024, 11:06pm

Volleyball Preview: Reservoir 'Gators vs. Long Reach Lightning

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Reservoir is 10-0 against Long Reach since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Reservoir 'Gators are on the road again to play the Long Reach Lightning at 6:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.

Last Tuesday, everything went Reservoir's way against Mt. Hebron as Reservoir made off with a 3-0 win.

Meanwhile, Long Reach had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Scorpions 3-0.

Long Reach never let Oakland Mills on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 27-25, 25-15.

Long Reach was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in four consecutive contests.

Reservoir pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Long Reach, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.

Reservoir was able to grind out a solid victory over Long Reach when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Reservoir since the squad 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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