Volleyball Preview: Casteel Colts vs. Hamilton Huskies
After both having extra time off, the Casteel Colts and the Hamilton Huskies will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Casteel took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They blew past Basha 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Colts have posted since September 24th.
Meanwhile, in Wednesday's Canine Competition, Hamilton prevailed. Everything went their way against Chandler on Wednesday as Hamilton made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hamilton was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-6, 25-11.
Hailey Johnston and Kira Strawberry were among the main playmakers for Hamilton as the former had three aces and 24 assists and the latter had eight digs and two aces. That's the most aces Johnston has posted in her last 17 games.
Casteel's win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-11. As for Hamilton, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-14 record this season.
Casteel beat Hamilton 2-0 when the teams last played on Saturday. Will Casteel repeat their success, or does Hamilton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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