Volleyball Preview: Wasco Tigers vs. Shafter Generals
Wasco and Shafter are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Wasco Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Shafter Generals at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Wasco sitting on five straight wins and Shafter on ten.
It was a proper cat-fight when Wasco challenged Taft on Thursday. Wasco narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Taft 3-2.
Wasco took Taft into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-12, 25-16, 23-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Shafter got the win against Kennedy on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Shafter's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Kennedy between 18 and 20 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-20.
Wasco pushed their record up to 21-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Shafter, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-3-1 record this season.
Wasco came up short against Shafter when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Wasco avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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