Volleyball Recap: Hoover Extends Winning Streak to Nine

By Team Reports Oct 19, 2024, 5:28pm

Volleyball Recap: Hoover Huskies vs. Ripley Vikings

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Hoover came tearing into Saturday's contest with eight straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Ripley Vikings. The Huskies have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Vikings, too.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Hoover took both sets by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-11.

Hoover couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 20.1% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 36.9%.

Hoover is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 39-6-1 record this season. As for Ripley, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 15-13-4.

Hoover has already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Winfield on the 19th. As for Ripley, they will square off against Ravenswood at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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