The Archbold Blue Streaks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Swanton Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, Archbold made easy work of Delta and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Archbold was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-6, 25-12.
Archbold can attribute much of their success to Grace Meyer, who had 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Meyer has posted since back in August.
Archbold couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.9% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 36.3%.
Meanwhile, Swanton entered their tilt with Otsego on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Knights.
Swanton was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-21, 25-20.
Archbold is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Swanton, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Archbold has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Swanton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Archbold was able to grind out a solid victory over Swanton in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. Does Archbold have another victory up their sleeve, or will Swanton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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