Volleyball Preview: Mohawk Warriors vs. Seneca East Tigers
Mohawk has gone 8-2 against Seneca East recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mohawk Warriors will stay at home for another game and welcome the Seneca East Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Seneca East took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mohawk, who comes in off a win.
Last Monday, everything went Mohawk's way against New Riegel as Mohawk made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mohawk was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-14, 25-9.
Mohawk's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Emerson Gurney, who had eight digs and five aces, and Allison Russell, who had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Gurney has posted in her last ten matchups.
Meanwhile, Seneca East came up short against Hopewell-Loudon on Saturday and fell 3-1. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Seneca East was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Hopewell-Loudon work for it, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 25-12.
Despite the defeat, Seneca East got top-tier performance from Jaidyn Kagy-Alexander, who had 26 digs and seven aces. Kagy-Alexander is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last 21 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Natalie Daniel, who had ten digs.
Even though they lost, Seneca East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive games.
Mohawk's win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-0. As for Seneca East, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9.
Mohawk beat Seneca East 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Mohawk repeat their success, or does Seneca East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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