Volleyball Game Preview: Warrensburg Tigers vs. Harrisonville Wildcats

By Team Reports Oct 10, 2024, 2:05am

Volleyball Preview: Warrensburg Tigers vs. Harrisonville Wildcats

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Warrensburg and Harrisonville are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withthe Harrisonville Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Warrensburg came up short against Pleasant Hill on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

The final score came out to 25-19, 25-15, 25-21.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Harrisonville, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Lamar 3-2.

Harrisonville wouldn't go down easily and took Lamar into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-8, 17-25, 23-25, 15-12.

Among those leading the charge was Kenzie Verstraete, who had 18 digs. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game.

Warrensburg's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11-2. As for Harrisonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.

Warrensburg beat Harrisonville 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Warrensburg since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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