Volleyball Game Preview: Wheatland Bulldogs vs. Rawlins Outlaws

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 4:27am

Volleyball Preview: Wheatland Bulldogs vs. Rawlins Outlaws

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Wheatland has gone 10-0 against Rawlins recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wheatland has three straight wins, Rawlins has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Wheatland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Torrington, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Wheatland was ranked seventh). Wheatland put the hurt on Torrington with a sharp 3-0 victory on Friday.

The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-18, 25-14.

Meanwhile, Rawlins lost 3-0 to Torrington on Saturday.

While Rawlins was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Torrington's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-22, 26-24.

Wheatland pushed their record up to 22-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Rawlins, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15-1.

Wheatland beat Rawlins 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Wheatland repeat their success, or does Rawlins have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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