Volleyball Preview: Escalante Lobos vs. Questa Wildcats
Escalante is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Questa is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Escalante Lobos will host the Questa Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Escalante got the win against Mora by a conclusive 3-0.
Escalante's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Mora between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-18, 25-16.
Escalante was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Questa duked it out withPenasco on Tuesday. Questa blew past Penasco 3-0.
Questa's got stronger as the match went on, holding Penasco to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-10, 25-1.
Alyana Le?n was nothing short of spectacular: she had seven digs, five aces, and a kill. That's the most aces she has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiara Arellano, who had eight digs and two kills.
Escalante has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Questa, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Escalante has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 17.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Questa struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Escalante suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Questa in their previous matchup on October 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Le?n, who had ten digs and four aces. Now that Escalante knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
