Volleyball Preview: West Shamokin Wolves vs. Homer-Center Wildcats
West Shamokin has gone 8-1 against Homer-Center recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The West Shamokin Wolves will head out to square off against the Homer-Center Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with West Shamokin sitting on 13 straight wins and Homer-Center on five.
On Tuesday, West Shamokin made easy work of Marion Center and carried off a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was West Shamokin's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Homer-Center had just enough and edged Geibel Catholic out 1-0 on Sunday.
Homer-Center can attribute much of their success to Hannah Arone, who had four aces and 11 assists. That's the most aces Arone has posted in her last 11 matchups.
Homer-Center couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 58.8% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 23.2% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 52.1%.
West Shamokin pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Homer-Center, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-13 record this season.
West Shamokin took their victory against Homer-Center in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Shamokin 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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