Volleyball Preview: West Orange Warriors vs. Osceola Kowboys
The West Orange Warriors will square off against the Osceola Kowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with West Orange sitting on five straight victories and Osceola on seven.
West Orange is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Jupiter , sneaking past 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was West Orange who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-13.
Savannah Valentine went supernova for West Orange, getting 20 digs. Valentine is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything went Osceola's way against Windermere on Wednesday as Osceola made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Osceola took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-13, 25-15.
Osceola can attribute much of their success to Dari Bravo, who had ten digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Osceola was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 21 consecutive matches.
West Orange has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Osceola, they pushed their record up to 22-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: West Orange has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Osceola struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
West Orange suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Osceola in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can West Orange avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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