Volleyball Game Preview: Iowa Colony on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 12:13am

Volleyball Preview: Iowa Colony Pioneers vs. Santa Fe Indians

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The Iowa Colony Pioneers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Santa Fe Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Santa Fe is facing Iowa Colony at the wrong time: Iowa Colony suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Tornadoes by a score of 3-2.

Iowa Colony took Ball into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 18-25, 25-19, 25-14, 16-25, 15-10.

Even though they lost, Iowa Colony kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 7.7.

Meanwhile, Santa Fe came into Tuesday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Nederland on Tuesday as Santa Fe made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Indians have posted since August 20th.

The final score came out to 25-19, 25-17, 27-25.

Among those leading the charge was Keke Davidson, who had 11 digs and four aces. That's the most blocks she has posted since back in August.

Iowa Colony's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-8. As for Santa Fe, their victory bumped their record up to 12-14.

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