Volleyball Preview: Deer Trail Eagles vs. Genoa-Hugo/Karval Pirates
Deer Trail is 1-9 against Genoa-Hugo/Karval since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Deer Trail Eagles will head out to square off against the Genoa-Hugo/Karval Pirates at 4:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Last Friday, Deer Trail made easy work of Manzanola and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
While Deer Trail won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-23, 25-11.
Deer Trail was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Genoa-Hugo/Karval got the win against Arickaree on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
One reason for the win was Genoa-Hugo/Karval's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-21, 25-10.
Deer Trail is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Genoa-Hugo/Karval, their win bumped their record up to 12-8.
Deer Trail might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Genoa-Hugo/Karval in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Deer Trail avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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