Volleyball Preview: Streaking Sitka Faces Slumping Mt. Edgecumbe

After both having extra time off, the Sitka Wolves and Mt. Edgecumbe Braves will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sitka has three straight wins, Mt. Edgecumbe has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Saturday, Sitka made easy work of Ketchikan and carried off a 3-0 victory.

Sitka walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-19, 25-12.

Meanwhile, Mt. Edgecumbe came up short against Sitka two weeks ago and fell 3-1. While the Braves didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wolves 25-18 in the first set.

Mt. Edgecumbe started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final set scores came out to 18-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-14.

Mt. Edgecumbe has now lost four of their last five games on the road. That's part of the reason why they have a 4-13 record this season. As for Sitka, the victory improved their record to 13-13.