Volleyball Preview: University Hawks vs. Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights
The University Hawks will challenge the Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. University will be strutting in after a win while Wheeling Central Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
Wheeling Central Catholic is hoping to do what Elkins couldn't on Thursday: put an end to University's winning streak, which now stands at three games. University came out on top against Elkins by a score of 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: University took both sets by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-6, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Central Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Monroe Central on Saturday and fell 3-2. The Maroon Knights haven't had much luck with the Seminoles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Wheeling Central Catholic actually scored more points across those five sets (101-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 16-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-12.
University has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3-1 record this season. As for Wheeling Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
University beat Wheeling Central Catholic 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. The rematch might be a little tougher for University since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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