The Washington Warriors and the O'Gorman Knights are set to duel on Thursday. Washington is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Washington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Lincoln, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Washington was ranked fifth). Washington walked away with a 3-1 win over Lincoln on Tuesday.
Washington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-19.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Washington to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaelyn Snoozy, who had 27 kills, 11 digs, and three aces. Snoozy is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had six or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Katie Mccloskey, who had ten digs, two kills, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Washington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 24 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, O'Gorman came up short against Sioux Falls Christian on Saturday and fell 3-1.
While O'Gorman ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 25-18.
Washington is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. As for O'Gorman, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4.
Washington took their victory against O'Gorman in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Washington repeat their success, or does O'Gorman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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