Volleyball Preview: Greensburg Pirates vs. South Dearborn Knights
Greensburg is 10-0 against South Dearborn since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Greensburg Pirates and the South Dearborn Knights are set to duel. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Greensburg sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over East Central.
Greensburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 22-25, 25-13, 25-20, 15-12.
Greensburg's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Carmin Ripperger, who had 14 digs and three aces, and Kirkley Lowe, who had 12 digs. That's the most aces Ripperger has posted since back in September.
Greensburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, South Dearborn got the win against Franklin County on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
South Dearborn never let Franklin County on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 25-22.
South Dearborn found their leader in underclassman Brynn Hamlett, who had five digs and 16 assists.
Greensburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for South Dearborn, their win bumped their record up to 15-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Greensburg has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9 aces per game. However, it's not like South Dearborn struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Greensburg beat South Dearborn 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Does Greensburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Dearborn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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