Volleyball Preview: Mabel-Canton Cougars vs. Houston Hurricanes
Mabel-Canton is 10-0 against Houston since November of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mabel-Canton Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Houston Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. Mabel-Canton will be looking to keep their 14-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mabel-Canton's way against Grand Meadow as Mabel-Canton made off with a 3-0 victory.
Mabel-Canton's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Grand Meadow between 18 and 20 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.
Mabel-Canton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Houston had no problem doing just that on Monday. They came out on top against the Athletics by a score of 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hurricanes.
Houston had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 8-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-16.
Olivia Yohe went supernova for Houston, getting 16 digs, three kills, and 25 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Botcher, who had ten digs, nine kills, and three aces.
Mabel-Canton's win bumped their record up to 31-2. As for Houston, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-15 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Mabel-Canton has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Houston struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Mabel-Canton's way against Houston in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Mabel-Canton made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Mabel-Canton repeat their success, or does Houston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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