Volleyball Recap: Bailey Lance Leads Van Buren to Victory over Vanlue

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 5:48pm

Volleyball Recap: Van Buren Black Knights vs. Vanlue Wildcats

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There's no place like home for Van Buren, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Vanlue Wildcats on Monday as the Van Buren Black Knights made off with a 3-0 victory. The Black Knights have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.

Van Buren was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-18, 25-11.

Bailey Lance had an outrageously good game as she had 13 digs and nine aces. Those nine aces gave her a new career-high.

She wasn't the only good server: Van Buren was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vanlue only served three.

Van Buren has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Vanlue, they dropped their record down to 7-14 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Van Buren will challenge Elmwood at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Van Buren is facing Elmwood at the right time seeing as Elmwood is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for Vanlue, they will venture away from home to face off against Arcadia at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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