Volleyball Preview: Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes vs. New Richmond Tigers
Eau Claire Memorial is 4-0 against New Richmond since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes will look to defend their home court against the New Richmond Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Eau Claire Memorial will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Eau Claire Memorial is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since October 26, 2023 on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Winona with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Eau Claire Memorial took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-7, 25-11.
Eau Claire Memorial relied on the efforts of Lindsay D Duerkop, who had ten digs and two aces, and Natalie Pukrop, who had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces Pukrop has posted since Thursday.
Eau Claire Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, New Richmond entered their contest against Osceola on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. New Richmond fell just short of Osceola by a score of 3-2. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
New Richmond took Osceola into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The final score came out to 24-26, 26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11.
Eau Claire Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. As for New Richmond, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
Everything went Eau Claire Memorial's way against New Richmond when the teams last played back in August of 2023 as Eau Claire Memorial made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Eau Claire Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Richmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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