Volleyball Preview: Our Lady of the Elms Panthers vs. Buchtel Griffins
On Friday Our Lady of the Elms will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Buchtel Griffins at 5:00 p.m. Buchtel took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Our Lady of the Elms, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Our Lady of the Elms finally turned things around against St. Martin de Porres on Tuesday. They blew past the Lions 3-0.
Our Lady of the Elms walked away with the win (but they looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-5, 25-21, 25-21.
Mariah Taylor and Palmer Hampton were among the main playmakers for Our Lady of the Elms as the former had eight digs and two aces and the latter had five kills and five aces. That's the most aces Hampton has posted in her last nine matchups.
Our Lady of the Elms was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Buchtel was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Garfield Heights.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12.
Our Lady of the Elms' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-4. As for Buchtel, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Our Lady of the Elms took their win against Buchtel in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Our Lady of the Elms 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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