Van Meter hasn't had much luck against Des Moines Christian recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Van Meter Bulldogs will head out to square off against the Des Moines Christian Lions at 5:00 p.m. Van Meter is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
Last Saturday, Van Meter sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Carlisle.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Des Moines Christian challenged Madrid on Tuesday. Everything went Des Moines Christian's way against Madrid as Des Moines Christian made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lions have posted since September 17th.
The final score came out to 25-4, 25-3, 25-17.
Des Moines Christian can attribute much of their success to Lana Lo, who had seven aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Lo a new career-high in aces.
Des Moines Christian couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Van Meter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Des Moines Christian, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-10.
Van Meter came up short against Des Moines Christian in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Des Moines Christian's Olivia Wolven, who had 20 digs. Now that Van Meter knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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