Volleyball Preview: Terre Haute South Vigo Braves vs. Northview Knights
The Terre Haute South Vigo Braves will square off against the Northview Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Terre Haute South Vigo took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Everything went their way against West Vigo as Terre Haute South Vigo made off with a 3-0 win.
Terre Haute South Vigo walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-16, 25-8, 25-17.
Emma Payne and Sydni Weber were among the main playmakers for Terre Haute South Vigo as the former had four digs and three aces and the latter had six digs. The dominant performance gave Payne a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Northview waltzed into their matchup on Monday with 17 straight wins... but they left with 18. They blew past the Patriots 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Northview was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-10, 25-9.
Keira Lucas and Karsyn Buck were among the main playmakers for Northview as the former had 27 kills and seven digs and the latter had 13 kills, four digs, and two aces. Lucas is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had eight or more in the last 61 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Oellig, who had six digs and 26 assists.
Northview was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matches.
Terre Haute South Vigo's win bumped their record up to 14-10. As for Northview, their victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 26-1.
Terre Haute South Vigo was able to grind out a solid win over Northview in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Northview's Bradee Mcdonald, who had 37 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Terre Haute South Vigo still be able to contain Mcdonald? There's only one way to find out.
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