Volleyball Game Preview: Sanger West on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 1:13am

Volleyball Preview: Sanger West Hornets vs. Sunnyside Wildcats

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The Sanger West Hornets will take on the Sunnyside Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sanger West has six straight wins, Sunnyside has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Sanger West is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since August 15th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Hanford as Sanger West made off with a 3-0 win.

The final score came out to 25-21, 26-24, 25-18.

Sanger West's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Vanessa Villavicencio, who had 13 digs, and Joyce Thao, who had eight digs. Villavicencio is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.

Meanwhile, Sunnyside suffered their biggest loss since August 20th on Tuesday. They came up short against Liberty, falling 3-0.

After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-21, 25-15.

Sanger West's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5. As for Sunnyside, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.

Everything went Sanger West's way against Sunnyside in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Sanger West made off with a 3-0 win. Will Sanger West repeat their success, or does Sunnyside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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