Volleyball Preview: Midlothian Heritage Jaguars vs. Midlothian Panthers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars takes on the Midlothian Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Midlothian Heritage sitting on five straight victories and Midlothian on 12.
Last Friday, everything went Midlothian Heritage's way against Crandall as Midlothian Heritage made off with a 3-0 win.
Red Oak typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Midlothian proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Hawks 3-0.
Midlothian never let Red Oak on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-18, 25-23.
Midlothian couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 39%.
Midlothian Heritage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-19 record this season. As for Midlothian, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 32-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Midlothian Heritage has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Midlothian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Midlothian Heritage suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Midlothian in their previous meeting on October 1st. Can Midlothian Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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