West Port is 10-0 against Dunnellon since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The West Port Wolf Pack will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Dunnellon Tigers, where is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
West Port might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Forest, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
West Port took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-22, 25-17, 26-24.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Joslynn Galvan, who hit 100% for 12 kills, five blocks, and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Keylimar Mejias, who had ten digs and three aces.
Mejias wasn't the only one working in the aces department: West Port was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Dunnellon didn't have quite enough to beat Central on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Dunnellon took Central into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 25-22, 27-29, 22-25, 25-17, 15-12.
Like Dunnellon, they lost despite seeing results from several players. Samantha Bernstein led the charge by getting 30 digs. Bernstein is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had four or more in the last 24 games she's played dating back to last season. Taytym Simonsen was another key player, getting 13 aces.
West Port's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Dunnellon, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's matchup: West Port has serving mastered this season, having averaged 13.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Dunnellon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went West Port's way against Dunnellon when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as West Port made off with a 3-0 win. Does West Port have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dunnellon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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