Volleyball Preview: Pershing County Mustangs vs. North Tahoe Lakers
The Pershing County Mustangs will take on the North Tahoe Lakers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Pershing County sitting on ten straight wins and North Tahoe on four.
Pershing County will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Yerington, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Pershing County came out on top against Yerington by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
The final score came out to 25-22, 17-25, 25-17, 25-13.
Raegan Burrows continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, getting 30 digs and 26 kills. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 22 games she's played dating back to last season. Arya Garland was another key player, getting 26 digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Pershing County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 14.6.
Meanwhile, everything went North Tahoe's way against Oasis Academy on Friday as North Tahoe made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant North Tahoe was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-10, 25-17.
Among those leading the charge was Dawna Li, who had two aces and 17 assists.
Pershing County pushed their record up to 17-3 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for North Tahoe, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Pershing County has serving mastered this season, having averaged 10.7 aces per game. However, it's not like North Tahoe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pershing County might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from North Tahoe in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Pershing County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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