The Garden City Buffaloes will square off against the Olathe West Owls at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Garden City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Dodge City. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buffaloes.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Garden City who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 21-25, 25-22.
Kate Mcdonald and Josslynn George were among the main playmakers for Garden City as the former had 17 digs and the latter had two aces and 16 assists.
Meanwhile, Olathe West entered their tilt with Gardner-Edgerton on Saturday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Trailblazers.
While Olathe West won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-17.
Olathe West couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 30% earlier this season, but in their last ten contests they've averaged 38.4%.
Garden City pushed their record up to 22-14 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Olathe West, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Garden City has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Olathe West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Garden City was able to grind out a solid victory over Olathe West in their previous meeting back in September of 2018, winning 2-0. Will Garden City repeat their success, or does Olathe West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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