Volleyball Preview: East View Patriots vs. Weiss Wolves
The East View Patriots are taking a road trip to challenge the Weiss Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
East View is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Hendrickson just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They came up short against the Hawks, falling 3-0. The Patriots have struggled against the Hawks recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
While East View ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-19, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Weiss came tearing into Friday's game with eight straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cougars as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-18, 25-8.
Ashley Go was nothing short of spectacular: she had 13 digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Takyla Brown, who had seven digs, four kills, and two aces.
Weiss couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 49.4% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 23.4% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 35.4%.
East View's loss dropped their record down to 11-19. As for Weiss, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 32-8.
East View suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Weiss in their previous meeting back in September. Can East View avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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