Volleyball Preview: Maple Mountain Golden Eagles vs. Wasatch Wasps
Maple Mountain is 10-0 against Wasatch since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will be playing at home against the Wasatch Wasps at 6:30 p.m. Maple Mountain will be strutting in after a victory while Wasatch will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, Maple Mountain got the win against Springville by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Eagles.
A big factor in the win was Maple Mountain's feisty defense: they held Springville to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-14, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Coco Denison, who had 14 digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: she now had ten or more in the last 12 games she's played.
Meanwhile, Wasatch came up short against Spanish Fork on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 31-29, 25-21, 23-25, 25-14.
Maple Mountain has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Wasatch, they dropped their record down to 6-8 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Maple Mountain has serving mastered this season, having averaged 10.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Wasatch struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Maple Mountain's way against Wasatch in their previous meeting two weeks ago as Maple Mountain made off with a 3-0 win. Will Maple Mountain repeat their success, or does Wasatch have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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