Volleyball Preview: Elgin Comets vs. Centerburg Trojans
After both having extra time off, the Elgin Comets and the Centerburg Trojans will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Elgin sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Mechanicsburg. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Comets.
Elgin 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 22-25, 16-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Centerburg waltzed into their game on Monday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Centerburg was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-12, 25-3.
Molly Kain and Sedona Weisbrod were among the main playmakers for Centerburg as the former had nine digs and three aces and the latter hit 71.4% for ten killsfive digs and three aces. Weisbrod is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had eight or more in the last ten games she's played.
Centerburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Elgin has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Centerburg, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-2.
Elgin suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Centerburg in their previous meeting back in August. Can Elgin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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