Volleyball Preview: St. Henry Redskins vs. Coldwater Cavaliers
St. Henry is 2-8 against Coldwater since August of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The St. Henry Redskins will take on the Coldwater Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Henry comes in on six and Coldwater on 24.
On Monday, St. Henry made easy work of Crestview and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-7, 25-12.
St. Henry couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 22.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 35.8%.
Meanwhile, everything went Coldwater's way against Marion Local on Monday as Coldwater made off with a 3-0 win.
While Coldwater won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-17, 25-22.
Coldwater relied on the efforts of Campbell Etzler, who had 14 digs, and Brylee Knapke, who had seven digs.
St. Henry has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Coldwater, their victory was their 14th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-0.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: St. Henry has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Coldwater struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Henry suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Coldwater when the teams last played back in September. Can St. Henry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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