Volleyball Preview: Holmen Vikings vs. Divine Savior Holy Angels
The Holmen Vikings are on the road again on Thursday to play Divine Savior Holy Angels. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Holmen is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Verona , sneaking past 3-2.
Holmen was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-101), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 27-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Divine Savior Holy Angels had already won 12 in a row and they went ahead and made it 13 on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Vikings as they made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Divine Savior Holy Angels has posted against Wisconsin Lutheran since September 17, 2016.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Divine Savior Holy Angels was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-11, 25-13.
Olivia Durst was a one-man wrecking crew for Divine Savior Holy Angels as she had 18 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Jones Kaitlyn, who had four aces and 13 assists.
Holmen has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-9 record this season. As for Divine Savior Holy Angels, their win bumped their record up to 44-1.
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