Volleyball Preview: East Alton-Wood River Oilers vs. Salem Wildcats
East Alton-Wood River has been away from home for three games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Salem Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. East Alton-Wood River will be strutting in after a win while Salem will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, East Alton-Wood River finally turned things around against Sullivan on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Redskins out 2-1.
East Alton-Wood River had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 14-25, 25-19, 15-5.
Meanwhile, Salem was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Columbia by a score of 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Salem sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 23-25, 29-27.
East Alton-Wood River's victory bumped their record up to 13-18. As for Salem, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-10.
East Alton-Wood River beat Salem 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Will East Alton-Wood River repeat their success, or does Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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