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By Team Reports Sep 22, 2024, 12:48am

Volleyball Preview: Central Crossing Comets vs. Grove City Greyhounds

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Central Crossing is 2-7 against Grove City since August of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Central Crossing Comets will take on the Grove City Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m.

Central Crossing came up short against Pickerington North last Thursday, falling 3-0. The Comets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

While Central Crossing was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Pickerington North's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12, 25-16.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Grove City, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Mt. Vernon on Saturday.

Grove City had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-10, 25-14, 25-20.

Grove City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted was before the start of last season.

Central Crossing's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Grove City, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.

Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Central Crossing has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Grove City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Central Crossing skirted past Grove City 3-2 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Central Crossing 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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