Volleyball Preview: Waupaca Comets vs. Appleton West Terrors
The Waupaca Comets will venture away from home to face off against the Appleton West Terrors at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Appleton West took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Waupaca, who comes in off a win.
Waupaca took a loss when they played away from home last Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Clintonville with a sharp 3-0 win. The game marked the Comets' most dominant victory of the season so far.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Waupaca was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-12, 25-8.
Waupaca can attribute much of their success to Natalie Waller, who had six digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Waller a new career-high in aces.
Waupaca was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Appleton West entered their contest against Appleton North on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Appleton West lost 3-0 to Appleton North. The Terrors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.
Waupaca pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Appleton West, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Waupaca was able to grind out a solid victory over Appleton West in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Waupaca repeat their success, or does Appleton West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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