Volleyball Preview: Cuba/Spoon River Valley Wildcats vs. Peoria Heights Patriots
Cuba/Spoon River Valley has gone 9-1 against Peoria Heights recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Cuba/Spoon River Valley Wildcats will take on the Peoria Heights Patriots at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cuba/Spoon River Valley has five straight wins, Peoria Heights has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Cuba/Spoon River Valley earned a 2-0 victory over Abingdon/Avon.
Cuba/Spoon River Valley never let Abingdon/Avon on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-17.
Cuba/Spoon River Valley found their leader in underclassman Mollie Cornell, who had 13 digs and three aces.
Cuba/Spoon River Valley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 21.2% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 35.6%.
Meanwhile, Peoria Heights and Woodland met for a duel on Wednesday where Peoria Heights had to take the L. Peoria Heights took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Woodland.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Woodland scored at least 17 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-20.
Cuba/Spoon River Valley pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Peoria Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
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