Volleyball Preview: Hedgesville Eagles vs. Jefferson Cougars
Hedgesville is 10-0 against Jefferson since September of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. Jefferson took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Hedgesville, who comes in off a win.
Hedgesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Spring Mills as Hedgesville made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-10, 25-13.
Hedgesville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Alexa Smith, who had 13 digs and three aces, and Delaney Seeders, who had eight digs and three aces. That's the most aces Seeders has posted since back in November of 2023.
Hedgesville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Jefferson came up short against Musselman on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-27, 25-11, 25-10.
Hedgesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 22 games, which provided a nice bump to their 39-5-1 record this season. As for Jefferson, their loss was their tenth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 9-25-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Hedgesville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Jefferson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Hedgesville was able to grind out a solid victory over Jefferson when the teams last played back in October, winning 2-0. Does Hedgesville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jefferson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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