Volleyball Preview: Cleveland Blue Raiders vs. Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish
The Cleveland Blue Raiders will challenge the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cleveland will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Last Friday, Cleveland sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Maryville.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Cleveland who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 24-26, 25-18.
Cleveland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Knoxville Catholic posted their biggest victory since September 3rd on Monday. They put the hurt on Webb with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Fighting Irish.
Knoxville Catholic walked away with the victory (but they looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-20, 25-11, 25-16.
Cleveland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-10 record this season. As for Knoxville Catholic, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-13.
Cleveland came out on top in a nail-biter against Knoxville Catholic in their previous meeting on Wednesday, sneaking past 2-1. Will Cleveland repeat their success, or does Knoxville Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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