Volleyball Preview: Wingate Bears vs. Thoreau Hawks
Wingate is 1-9 against Thoreau since November of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wingate Bears will venture away from home to take on the Thoreau Hawks at 6:00 p.m.
Wingate came up short against Tohatchi on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Wingate was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Tohatchi's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-19, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Thoreau entered their tilt with Zuni on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They put the hurt on the Thunderbirds with a sharp 3-0 win.
Thoreau was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-16.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Thoreau to victory, but perhaps none more so than Keira Begay, who had 17 digs and two aces. Begay is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Leticia Sena, who had 14 digs, four kills, and two aces.
Wingate's defeat dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Thoreau, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Wingate suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Thoreau when the teams last played back in October. Can Wingate avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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