Volleyball Preview: Sumner Spartans vs. South Kitsap Wolves
Sumner and South Kitsap are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Sumner Spartans will head out to challenge the South Kitsap Wolves at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Sumner earned a 3-1 victory over Rogers.
Sumner walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 18-25, 25-20, 25-19.
Meanwhile, South Kitsap entered their tilt with Rogers on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They won by a set and slipped past the Rams 3-2.
South Kitsap was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-100), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 13-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13.
South Kitsap got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kailey Allinson out in front who had 11 digs.
South Kitsap kept the net locked down and finished the game with 22 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in 48 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Sumner's win bumped their record up to 6-7-1. As for South Kitsap, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5-1.
Sumner might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from South Kitsap when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Sumner avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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