Volleyball Preview: A Rolling Whitehall Meets a Wounded Eleva-Strum

The Whitehall Norse will welcome the Eleva-Strum Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Whitehall will be strutting in after a victory, while Eleva-Strum will be coming in after a defeat.

On Thursday, Whitehall made easy work of Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Norse.

While Whitehall won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final set scores came out to 27-25, 25-13, 25-15.

Meanwhile, Eleva-Strum was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Augusta, falling 3-0.

While Eleva-Strum ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 17 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-17, 25-21, 25-21.

Eleva-Strum has now lost six of their last seven games on the road. That's part of the reason why they have a 10-12 record this season. As for Whitehall, they have now won five of their last six games at home. That's helped them to a 13-7 record this season.