Volleyball Preview: Minden Whippets vs. Gothenburg Swedes
On Wednesday Minden will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will square off against the Gothenburg Swedes at 1:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, everything went Minden's way against Ashland-Greenwood as Minden made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Minden's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-15, 25-13.
Minden was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are a perfect 10-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Clarkson/Leigh typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Gothenburg proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Patriots out 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Swedes sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Gothenburg was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Joey Holland went supernova for Gothenburg, getting 17 digs.
Minden pushed their record up to 34-1 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Gothenburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: Minden has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Gothenburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Minden came up short against Gothenburg in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Minden avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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