Volleyball Preview: Sky View Bobcats vs. Green Canyon Wolves
The Sky View Bobcats will take on the Green Canyon Wolves at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sky View is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Stansbury 3-2.
Sky View wouldn't go down easily and took Stansbury into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-16, 29-27, 21-25, 15-12.
Sky View can attribute much of their success to Reese Seeley, who had 17 digs, and Brynn Spackman, who had 13 digs. Seeley has been hot , having posted 11 or more digs the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Smith, who had 27 digs, three aces, and a kill.
Meanwhile, Green Canyon made easy work of Mountain Crest on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-17.
Green Canyon relied on the efforts of Eliza Force, who had three digs and two aces, and Jaylee Blotter, who had nine digs.
Green Canyon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 38 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Sky View has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-16 record this season. As for Green Canyon, they pushed their record up to 26-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Sky View has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Green Canyon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Sky View came up short against Green Canyon in their previous meeting on October 1st, falling 3-1. Can Sky View avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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