Volleyball Game Preview: Northwest Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 2:53am

Volleyball Preview: Northwest Wolves vs. Southeast Polk Rams

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The Northwest Wolves 's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southeast Polk Rams on Thursday. Southeast Polk took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Northwest, who comes in off a win.

Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Ankeny Centennial, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Northwest was ranked 24th). Northwest came out on top against Ankeny Centennial by a score of 2-0 on Saturday.

After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-19.

Meanwhile, Southeast Polk was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Valley.

Northwest has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Southeast Polk, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.

Everything went Northwest's way against Southeast Polk in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Northwest made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest since the team 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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