Volleyball Preview: Ukiah Wildcats vs. Windsor Jaguars
Ukiah is 1-9 against Windsor since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats takes on the Windsor Jaguars at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Ukiah comes in on three and Windsor on five.
Ukiah will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Cardinal Newman, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Ukiah walked away with a 3-1 victory over Cardinal Newman on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22, 17-25, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Windsor got the win against Montgomery on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Windsor was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-10.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Windsor to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Rush, who had 13 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Lizzy Simon, who had four digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Windsor was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They are a perfect 9-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Ukiah is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Windsor, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-3.
Ukiah came up short against Windsor in their previous matchup on October 1st, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rush, who had 25 digs and three aces. Now that Ukiah knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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