Oak Harbor has gone 10-0 against Genoa Area recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Oak Harbor Rockets will welcome the Genoa Area Comets at 7:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Last Saturday, Oak Harbor made easy work of Woodmore and carried off a 3-0 win.
Oak Harbor never let Woodmore on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-16, 28-26.
Meanwhile, Genoa Area got the win against Fostoria on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-13, 25-19.
Genoa Area can attribute much of their success to Marley Mollenhauer, who had four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Genoa Area was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fostoria only served five.
Oak Harbor has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Genoa Area, their victory bumped their record up to 10-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Oak Harbor has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Genoa Area struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Oak Harbor beat Genoa Area 3-1 in their previous meeting last Thursday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mollenhauer, who had 21 digs and three aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Oak Harbor still be able to contain Mollenhauer? There's only one way to find out.
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