Volleyball Preview: Fairfield Falcons vs. West Campus Warriors
The Fairfield Falcons will take on the West Campus Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Fairfield has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while West Campus will arrive with three straight victories.
Fairfield lost 3-0 to Armijo on Monday.
While Fairfield was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-23, 25-17.
Even though they lost, Fairfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight matches.
Meanwhile, everything went West Campus' way against Foothill on Wednesday as West Campus made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant West Campus was: they took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-2, 25-6.
Fairfield's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for West Campus, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 23 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's matchup: Fairfield has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.9 aces per game. However, it's not like West Campus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Fairfield suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to West Campus when the teams last played back in September. Can Fairfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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