Volleyball Preview: Grand Island Islanders vs. Columbus Discoverers
Grand Island has gone 8-2 against Columbus recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Grand Island Islanders will head out to face off against the Columbus Discoverers at 9:00 a.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Grand Island sitting on three straight wins and Columbus on four.
On Thursday, everything went Grand Island's way against Lincoln High as Grand Island made off with a 3-0 victory.
Grand Island never let Lincoln High on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-10, 25-12.
Reagan Ashby had an outrageously good game as she had 20 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted 20 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Grand Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Columbus posted their biggest win since September 3rd on Thursday. They blew past Blair 3-0.
While Columbus won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-22, 25-19.
Grand Island is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Columbus, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-5.
Grand Island beat Columbus 2-0 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grand Island since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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