Volleyball Preview: Southern Door Eagles vs. Shawano Community Hawks
The Southern Door Eagles are on the road again on Saturday to play the Shawano Community Hawks at 9:00 a.m.
Last Thursday, Southern Door came up short against Oconto and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 25-15.
The losing side was boosted by Audrey Plzak, who had 17 digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, everything went Shawano Community's way against Green Bay West on Thursday as Shawano Community made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Shawano Community was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-13, 25-4.
Shawano Community couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.9% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September of 2023.
Southern Door has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season. As for Shawano Community, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Southern Door has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Shawano Community struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Southern Door came up short against Shawano Community in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Southern Door avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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