Volleyball Preview: Appleton West Terrors vs. Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts
Appleton West is 2-8 against Kaukauna since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Appleton West Terrors will square off against the Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts at 7:00 p.m. Kaukauna took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Appleton West, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Appleton West finally turned things around against Oshkosh North on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Spartans.
Appleton West had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Kaukauna didn't have quite enough to beat Shawano Community on Saturday and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Kaukauna sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-23, 21-25, 15-10.
Boe Kaschner put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had eight digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last nine matches.
Appleton West's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-23. As for Kaukauna, their loss dropped their record down to 31-7.
Appleton West might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Kaukauna in their previous meeting back in September. Can Appleton West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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