Volleyball Preview: Great Plains Lutheran Panthers vs. Deuel Cardinals
Great Plains Lutheran has gone 6-1 against Deuel recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Great Plains Lutheran has three straight victories, Deuel has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Great Plains Lutheran beat Sisseton 3-1.
Great Plains Lutheran had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-17.
Great Plains Lutheran's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jolie Lien, who had 34 digs and four aces, and Kaitlyn Rawerts, who had ten digs and two aces. Lien is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last six games she's played.
Great Plains Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Deuel lost 3-0 to Roncalli last Monday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-19, 25-15.
Great Plains Lutheran's win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-5. As for Deuel, their loss dropped their record down to 4-19.
Great Plains Lutheran took their victory against Deuel in their previous matchup back in October by a conclusive 3-0. Will Great Plains Lutheran repeat their success, or does Deuel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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